Gainsboro (/ˈɡeɪnzbʌrə/) is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke immediately north of Downtown, across the Norfolk Southern Railway...
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Gainsborough (redirect from Gainsboro)
constituency) Gainsborough, Saskatchewan, Canada Gainsboro, Roanoke, Virginia Gainesboro, Tennessee Gainesboro, Virginia Aerith Gainsborough, a fictional character...
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Hotel Roanoke. Virginia Tech Real Estate Foundation, Inc. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-9617635-1-0. City of Roanoke Planning Building and Development. "Gainsboro Neighborhood...
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The Gainsboro Branch Library is a historic library building located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in...
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Gainsboro Historic District is a national historic district located of Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses 202 contributing buildings and 1 contributing...
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Harrison is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke, that initially developed in the 1920s as an early Roanoke suburb. It borders the...
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The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center is a historic hotel located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. Originally built in 1882, the hotel...
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neighborhood in central Roanoke, Virginia, USA, abutting the Norfolk Southern rail yard that initially developed in the 1920s as an early Roanoke suburb. It borders...
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is also the location of the Virginia Western Community College campus. Gainsboro Gainsboro is located in central Roanoke and is bound by Shenandoah Avenue...
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desiring schooling beyond the seventh grade. Lucy Addison, a teacher in Roanoke's Gainsboro neighborhood since 1886, advocated for a new school aimed at older...
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of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods. Retrieved 2008-08-04.[permanent dead link] "Gainsboro Neighborhood Plan: History" (PDF). City of Roanoke Planning...
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Williamson Road is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood in north-central Roanoke. It borders the neighborhoods of Roundhill and Preston Park to the north...
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The Roanoke Region (/ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke. Its usage may refer to the...
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St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1891–1892, and is a Gothic style limestone...
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John H. Davis (publisher) (category Politicians from Roanoke, Virginia)
every ward in Roanoke, and was worth about $50,000.00 to $75,000.00, and probably more. He helped turn the Gainsboro, Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood into...
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the U.S. state of Virginia. The state highway runs 20.66 miles (33.25 km) from SR 122 at Burnt Chimney north to SR 101 in Roanoke. SR 116 connects northwestern...
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is a neighborhood located in central Roanoke, Virginia, that initially developed in the 1920s as an early Roanoke suburb. It borders the neighborhoods...
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historic African-American Baptist church located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1898–1900, and was a large six-bay nave-plan...
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Hillsville in Southwest Virginia while running concurrently with US 58. The U.S. Highway connects those communities with Roanoke via Floyd County, within...
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is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Roanoke, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts...
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Burrell Memorial Hospital (category Buildings and structures in Roanoke, Virginia)
African-American hospital originally located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. The hospital replaced the 1914 Medley Hospital. It opened...
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State Route 339, Winchester northwest to Gainsboro, now part of U.S. Route 522 State Highway Commission of Virginia (July 5, 1922). "Minutes of the First...
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David A Ramey (category Artists from Roanoke, Virginia)
Henry Street section of Roanoke. He also drew portraits and made images of the Hotel Roanoke, the Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library, St...
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Woman's Civic Betterment Club (category Roanoke, Virginia)
"WCBC" or the "Roanoke Civic Betterment Club") of Roanoke, Virginia, was started in 1907 to improve the sanitation and civic life in Roanoke and the surrounding...
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Henry Street Historic District (category Buildings and structures in Roanoke, Virginia)
entertainment district for the African-American neighborhood of Gainsboro in Northwest Roanoke. They are the Hotel Dumas (1917), The Strand Theatre (1923)...
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Museum and Library at Oakland in Oakland, California Gainsboro Branch Library in Roanoke, Virginia "A History of US Public Libraries: Segregated Libraries"...
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Isaac D. Burrell (category People from Roanoke, Virginia)
pharmacist in Roanoke, Virginia. He was African-American. Isaac David Burell was born on March 10, 1865, at his father's farm in Chula, Virginia, in Amelia...
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Sarah Poage Caldwell Butler (category People from Roanoke, Virginia)
Downing, Butler helped the library open a branch in the Gainsboro community for Roanoke's Black citizens who had also been part of the fundraising campaign...
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Oliver Hill (attorney) (category Lawyers from Richmond, Virginia)
p. A-7. "Roanoke, VA". Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-05-31. "Oliver Hill mentorship program thriving in Gainsboro neighborhood...
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Edward Richard Dudley (category Lawyers from Roanoke, Virginia)
member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, and then taught school in Gainsboro, Virginia. He studied dentistry for a year on a scholarship at Howard University...
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