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Gainsboro Library

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1941–1942, Eubank and Caldwell. 15 Patton Ave. NW
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)

This one-story L-shaped library has always served the surrounding African American community. Domestic in scale and appearance, the red brick building has a steep slate roof with flared eaves and its central entrance is marked by a steep gable at the roofline. On each side of the entrance is a bow window flanked by heavily mullioned windows. The interior is dominated by a large reading room with adjoining spaces for an office and a reference room, and a lecture room is in a rear ell.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Anne Carter Lee
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What's Nearby

St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Gainsboro Neighborhood Houses
Stone Building (Stone Printing Company Building)
Roanoke Higher Education Center (Norfolk and Western General Offices, North Building)
Hotel Roanoke

Citation

Anne Carter Lee, "Gainsboro Library", [Roanoke, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-02-RK34.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Virginia vol 2

Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest, Anne Carter Lee and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, 417-417.

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