Historical Society of Western Virginia

The Dominion Tower went up as the Hunter Viaduct was coming down.

The American Theatre, circa 1927, was at the corner of South Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue SW. The marquee advertises the silent movie “Thirteenth Hour.”

It was a great year for happiness – for Dr Pepper and in Roanoke’s celebrating its 75th birthday.

A three-foot snowfall was both the symbol and start of an economic collapse

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Governor George C. Peery, and Sixth District Congressman Clifton Alexander Woodrum rode in a Packard Phaeton to the V.A. dedication ceremony.

Burrell Memorial Hospital opens to serve Roanoke’s African-American community.

After a 60-year run that began with mule power, the age of the Roanoke streetcar came to an end.

Memorial Bridge was dedicated, but not until after protests by veterans that it was merely a city improvement rather than a true memorial.