{"nrhp_refnum":"96000033","name":"Hotel Roanoke","other_names":["VDHR File No. 128-25"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"110 Shenandoah Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.27421222800007,"lon":-79.93952075199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Transportation","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hotel Roanoke is a Tudor Revival hotel at 110 Shenandoah Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, on a landscaped hilltop north of the railroad line. It was begun in 1882 for the Norfolk and Western Railroad's boom town and expanded in 1916, 1931, 1938, 1946, 1954 and 1995.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the hotel is significant under Criterion A in the areas of commerce, transportation and social history. It is tied to the Norfolk and Western Railroad, which was headquartered in Roanoke, and to the city's growth. It is also significant under Criterion C as a long-evolving example of Tudor Revival hotel architecture.","narrative":"Hotel Roanoke is a Tudor Revival hotel on a landscaped hilltop at 110 Shenandoah Avenue, just north of the railroad tracks in Roanoke, Virginia. It began in 1882 as a two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne style building put up by the Roanoke Land & Improvement Company. It grew through repeated building campaigns, with surviving wings dating from 1931, 1938, 1946 and 1954. The 1938 West Wing, designed by Knut W. Lind of George B. Post & Sons, provides the formal entry, with a limestone arcade, half-timbering, slate roofs and a seventh-story tower. Small, Smith and Reeb of Cleveland designed the 1946 East Wing and the 1954 additions. The hotel is tied to the Norfolk and Western Railroad, which was headquartered in Roanoke from 1881 to 1982. It closed in 1989 and reopened after a 1995 rehabilitation that added a Conference Center. The nomination cites its role in commerce, transportation and social history, and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1882 - 1946","architect_builder":"POST, GEORGE B. AND SONS; SMALL, SMITH AND REEB","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The hotel closed to guests in 1989 and a major rehabilitation completed in April 1995 returned it to hotel use. The 1938 Crystal Ballroom was demolished and a Conference Center wing was added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.585682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/6833/41683339/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/96000033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000033/68842e16e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000033/68842e16e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dstewart21","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Roanoke_Front_Entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dstewart21</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:Hotel_Roanoke_Front_Entrance.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"13000647","name":"Roanoke Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/roanoke-downtown-historic-district-boundary-increase-13000647/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683339","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Roanoke","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5911906"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/hotel-roanoke-96000033/"}