Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station
Roanoke, United States
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The Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station is a historic freight depot located in the Melrose-Rugby neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, designed in Colonial Revival architecture. Originally part of a planned residential subdivision built primarily between the late 1910s and late 1940s, the complex encompasses 111 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects featuring single-family dwellings in American Craftsman-style bungalow, American Foursquare, and Cape Cod styles. The station now houses the Virginia Museum of Transportation. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 and is designated a Virginia Historic Landmark.
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- Type
- railway station
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, Virginia Historic Landmark
- Place
- Roanoke, United States
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