{"nrhp_refnum":"90002009","name":"Shawsville Historic District","other_names":["DHR file # 60-456"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Main St. E and W of jct. with VA 637","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shawsville","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.168891451000036,"lon":-80.25452919626247,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-acre historic district of 13 contributing buildings along both sides of VA Route 753 (Main Street) in Shawsville, Montgomery County, Virginia, beside the railroad tracks. It includes commercial buildings, houses and a church dating from the late 19th century to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is significant under criterion C as a well-preserved example of a late 19th and early 20th century railroad town. Its commercial and domestic buildings relate to those in Christiansburg and the region. The 1910 Bank of Shawsville shows more architectural sophistication than any other building in the county's small towns. Alterations have been very limited.","narrative":"Shawsville's historic core is a seven-acre strip of 13 buildings lining Main Street beside the railroad in Montgomery County, Virginia. Commercial blocks of frame and brick stand at the center, with houses at the outer edges and a single brick church, White Memorial Church, built in the 1930s. Nothing was built after 1950. The town grew from a turnpike tollhouse site and became a railroad stop, later serving as the railhead for the upper South Fork of the Roanoke River and parts of Floyd County, where farmers sold cross ties and tan bark. The standout building is the 1910 Bank of Shawsville, a brick Classical Revival structure with Ionic columns, designed by Roanoke architect Homer W. Miller. Other notable buildings include the W. W. Lykens Furniture Store, Gardner's General Store and the Showalter House. The district was listed for its intact depiction of a small railroad town, with its buildings preserved largely because traffic moved to a bypass.","period_of_significance":"late 19th century to 1930s","architect_builder":"Miller, Homer W. (architect)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th c. Revivals: Classical Revival; also Victorian vernacular and commercial vernacular buildings","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The Bank of Shawsville and an adjacent brick commercial building are vacant, and one commercial building is listed as abandoned. The district has seen limited physical change, though strip development along US 460/11 could affect it in future.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.133759-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6787/41678747/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002009.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002009/0192a5c215-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002009/0192a5c215-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Skye Marthaler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shawsville_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Skye Marthaler</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:Shawsville_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678747","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawsville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713199"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/shawsville-historic-district-90002009/"}