{"nrhp_refnum":"08000830","name":"Lawson, H.L., & Son Warehouse","other_names":["128-5191-0006"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"631 Campbell Ave. SE.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.27236179800008,"lon":-79.93319677099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick merchandise warehouse at 631 Campbell Avenue SE in Roanoke, Virginia, built in 1925 and designed by the Roanoke firm of Eubank & Caldwell, together with a brick retaining wall on its west side.","why_significant":"The warehouse was built to handle both rail and truck freight, using its hillside site so railcars unloaded at the third floor and trucks at the first. It is tied to Harry Leland Lawson, a Roanoke businessman who promoted highway and truck transportation. It is also a local example of a warehouse type serving both highway and rail shipping.","narrative":"Built in 1925 at Campbell Avenue SE and 7th Street in Roanoke, this four-story brick warehouse was designed by the architectural firm Eubank & Caldwell for Harry Leland Lawson, a local insurance executive, merchant and banker. The steep hillside lot let the building serve two kinds of freight. Two rear doors opened from a Norfolk & Western spur track directly into the third floor, while five front openings allowed trucks to back into the first floor. A freight elevator linked the levels. Construction is timber mill framing on a reinforced concrete foundation, with brick walls laid in five-course American bond and terra cotta parapet caps. The west wall has almost no openings, a choice tied to fire risk from underground fuel tanks and possible neighboring development. A brick retaining wall on the west side is also counted as a contributing resource. The warehouse is recognized for its role in Roanoke commerce and transportation, its link to Lawson, and its design.","period_of_significance":"1925-1958 (Criteria A, C); 1925-1948 (Criterion B)","architect_builder":"Eubank, Beaufort N. and Caldwell, James A. W.","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function is warehouse (commerce/trade); the form says the building and retaining wall retain a high degree of historic integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.048468-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/31/6833/41683331/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000830.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000830/e9984546d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000830/e9984546d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patriarca12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H.L._Lawson_%26_Son_Warehouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriarca12</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H.L._Lawson_%26_Son_Warehouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100003618","name":"Belmont Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/belmont-historic-district-100003618/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683331","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Lawson_%26_Son_Warehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/lawson-h-l-and-son-warehouse-08000830/"}