Then and Now
A former telephone-era manufacturing site now supports night vision technology.
Shenandoah Hospital served Southwest Roanoke for more than 60 years.
From a 1797 grist mill to future dining and apartments, Vinton’s historic site endures.
For almost a century, this Roanoke structure has evolved from warehouse to headquarters while remaining a constant along I-581.
In the 1950s, the Roanoker Motor Lodge was a popular Williamson Road motel.
A former downtown firehouse now houses a popular restaurant, as well as a boutique hotel and furniture showroom.
The former Hollins University dining hall has transformed into a multi-use space for student activities.
Once part of a prominent Roanoke Valley banking legacy dating back to 1910, the Vinton building continues its financial roots today as a Truist Bank location.
Roanoke’s first Black high school, Lucy Addison High, is now being reinvented as a Community Empowerment Center.
Mount Regis, once a tuberculosis sanitorium starting in 1914, became an addiction treatment center before the original building was destroyed by fire in 2016.
A former telephone-era manufacturing site now supports night vision technology.
Shenandoah Hospital served Southwest Roanoke for more than 60 years.
From a 1797 grist mill to future dining and apartments, Vinton’s historic site endures.
For almost a century, this Roanoke structure has evolved from warehouse to headquarters while remaining a constant along I-581.
In the 1950s, the Roanoker Motor Lodge was a popular Williamson Road motel.
A former downtown firehouse now houses a popular restaurant, as well as a boutique hotel and furniture showroom.
The former Hollins University dining hall has transformed into a multi-use space for student activities.
Once part of a prominent Roanoke Valley banking legacy dating back to 1910, the Vinton building continues its financial roots today as a Truist Bank location.
Roanoke’s first Black high school, Lucy Addison High, is now being reinvented as a Community Empowerment Center.
Mount Regis, once a tuberculosis sanitorium starting in 1914, became an addiction treatment center before the original building was destroyed by fire in 2016.
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