{"nrhp_refnum":"84003587","name":"Boxley Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"416 Jefferson St. SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.26998243600008,"lon":-79.94025665699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight-story granite, brick and terra cotta office building at 416 South Jefferson Street at Luck Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, built in 1921-22 for developer and mayor W. W. Boxley and designed by Edward G. Frye.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a representative landmark of Roanoke's post-World War I \"Golden Age of Municipal Progress.\" It was the first skyscraper of the city's second phase of twentieth-century growth and memorializes W. W. Boxley's role as builder, developer and mayor. Its fine materials and ornate copper cornice make it a notable feature of the city skyline.","narrative":"Rising eight stories at the corner of South Jefferson Street and Luck Avenue in Roanoke, this office building was completed in 1922 for W. W. Boxley, a quarry owner, railroad contractor, developer and the city's first mayor under the city manager form of government. Edward G. Frye drew the plans in 1921, working with Frank Stone, and Pettijohn and Company of Lynchburg received the construction contract. The design follows the classical column pattern: a granite base, a six-story shaft of beige enameled brick with terra cotta ornament, and a decorated top story crowned by a copper cornice with a four-foot overhang. The lobby keeps its Tennessee and Verde Antique marble, brass directory and mailbox. Upper floors held nineteen offices each, and most remain little changed. Newspapers called it a model office structure, and later Roanoke buildings were modeled on its commercial success. It is valued as a reminder of Boxley's civic influence and the city's postwar growth.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1921-22)","architect_builder":"W. W. Boxley/Edward G. Frye","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and private, in commercial use; condition rated excellent and altered. The lobby and most upper floors remain largely original.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.90043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/6832/41683285/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003587.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003587/e5eea210c9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003587/e5eea210c9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patriarca12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boxley_Building_in_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:Boxley_Building_in_Roanoke,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000978","name":"Roanoke Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/roanoke-downtown-historic-district-02000978/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683285","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxley_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16845397"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/boxley-building-84003587/"}