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The library's overall collection grew under Lee's leadership, and by the late 1930s a new building was being negotiated with the city. [2] Roanoke City Council eventually opted to issue a $20,000 bond for the construction of a new library in Gainsboro, while one was issued for $150,000 in the same year towards a library for its white citizens. [2]
Gainsboro Historic District is a national historic district located of Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses 202 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the African-American neighborhood of Gainsboro in Northwest Roanoke. They include single- and multiple-family dwellings, three churches; one parish hall, the Gainsboro Library, a ...
A month later they had formed a plan to renovate a vacant mansion to house the city's new library. The city agreed with the plan but required the organization to raise $30,000 to provide the books and library furnishings. [3] The Roanoke Public Library formally opened in May 1921 with Butler as its first president, speaking at the opening. [4]
Notable buildings include the Roanoke City Public Library, the YMCA Central Branch Building, First Christian Church (1925), the Central Church of the Brethren (1924), Tomnes Cawley Funeral Home (1928), Thomas B. Mason Building (1961), Peerless Candy Co. (c. 1916), City Hall / Municipal Building (1915), Roanoke Times Building (1892), Anchor ...
Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library: Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library. December 2, 1996 : 15 Patton Ave., NW. 21: Gainsboro ...
In 2013 the paper was sold to Berkshire Hathaway, which in turn sold its BH Media holdings – The Roanoke Times included – to Lee Enterprises in 2020. [244] Beth Macy, author of the bestselling book Dopesick which was adapted into a 2021 Hulu miniseries of the same name, was a reporter at The Roanoke Times for 25 years. [245]
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Southwestern Virginia had previously been served by two retransmitters of Roanoke's WBRA-TV Blue Ridge PBS: WSVN-TV (later known as WSBN-TV) in Norton and WMSY-TV in Marion. The two stations were shut down in 2013 due to Virginia state budget cuts to public television, but returned in 2014 (on the two stations and WBRA-DT2) as Southwest ...