{"nrhp_refnum":"90002171","name":"Campbell Avenue Complex","other_names":["Trinkle Buildings","DHR File No. 128-206"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"118--128 Campbell Ave., SW.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.27172197500005,"lon":-79.94327753799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A row of five contiguous three-story brick commercial buildings at 118-128 Campbell Avenue S.W. in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, built between 1892 and 1909.","why_significant":"The buildings are argued to be the only contiguous block of turn-of-the-century commercial buildings left in Roanoke. They reflect the city's early commercial growth and the entrepreneurs who worked there (Criterion A). They are also good intact examples of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century commercial architecture, with decorated facades and cornices (Criterion C).","narrative":"Five three-story brick commercial buildings stand side by side at 118 to 128 Campbell Avenue in downtown Roanoke. They were built one after another between 1892 and 1909: 122 first, then 124, 118, the double building at 126-128, and finally 120. Each has stone foundations, load-bearing brick walls, and decorative metal parapets or cornices. The facades show a range of details, from Beaux Arts touches at 118 to arched windows and bracketed cornices on its neighbors. The block is described as the only contiguous group of its period left in the city. It also records the move of business from the saloons of Salem Avenue to a more conventional commercial street. Tenants included a jeweler, a photographer, the Roanoke Times, a funeral parlor founded in 1895, and a hotel built by banker and legislator Robert H. Angell in 1907. The group was recognized for its link to Roanoke's early commerce and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1892-1940","architect_builder":"Huggins, Henry Hartwell (Angell Building)","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts Classicism; Commercial Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in recent decline and being rehabilitated by the City of Roanoke with a threatened property grant. Parts remain in use, including a hotel and a restaurant, while 126 Campbell Avenue is a vacant storefront.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.893828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/6833/41683329/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002171.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/41683329","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Avenue_Complex","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16851199"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/campbell-avenue-complex-90002171/"}