{"nrhp_refnum":"100005882","name":"Southwest Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Vdhr# 128-6472"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Westview, Westport, Salem, Jackson, Norfolk, Rorer, Campbell, Marshall, Day, Jefferson, and Clark Aves., Roanoke R., 13th and 21st Sts. St.,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.2825,"lon":-79.974722222,"geom_source":"wikidata"},"listed_date":"2020-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Commerce","Ethnic Heritage-Black","Ethnic Heritage-Other-Ethnic"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large urban residential historic district covering the southwest quadrant of Roanoke, Virginia, with about 1,658 structures built mainly between 1882 and 1930. It includes the Old Southwest, Mountain View and Hurt Park neighborhoods.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as the most architecturally cohesive residential neighborhood of inner-city Roanoke and one of the largest historic districts in Virginia. It holds a notable collection of late 19th and early 20th-century houses, churches and schools in styles such as Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow. Its growth reflects the city's rapid expansion, driven by the Norfolk and Western Railway and local land companies.","narrative":"Covering roughly 105 city blocks in Roanoke's southwest quadrant, this district holds 1,658 structures, most of them houses built between 1882 and 1930. Three neighborhoods make it up: Old Southwest, Mountain View and Hurt Park. Development began in the northwest, where Ferdinand Rorer laid out lots in 1882 and the West End Land Company later attracted Norfolk and Western Railway employees and officials. Large Queen Anne houses line Campbell and Patterson avenues, while three Shingle-style model homes on 2nd Street date from 1891. Most buildings went up between 1900 and 1910, including many square, hipped-roof vernacular dwellings and a number of Colonial Revival mansions. Mountain View, built in 1907 for banker Junius B. Fishburn and designed by H.H. Huggins, is a standout. Churches, a synagogue, Highland Park and two schools add variety. Only about ninety buildings are considered intrusions, so the area retains the look of an early 20th-century neighborhood.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H.H. Huggins (architect of Mountain View and Trinity Methodist Church); H. Courey Richards (architect of Jefferson High School); Shockey and Field (contractors); T.S. Simmons (contractor); John J. Sheahan (contractor)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow, American Foursquare, Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good, fair and deteriorated, and the district has kept much of its architectural integrity. About ninety structures are noncontributing intrusions. Highland Park School remains an active neighborhood school.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.345136-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6833/41683313/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85001349.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100005882/262b2d2317-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/100005882/262b2d2317-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patriarca12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southwest_Historic_District_Roanoke,_Virginia.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:Southwest_Historic_District_Roanoke,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683313","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Historic_District_(Roanoke,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900407"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/southwest-historic-district-boundary-increase-100005882/"}