Morningside

Morningside is a quarter in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia. Morningside is situated nearby to the neighborhood Rivermont, as well as near Buena Vista.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buena Vista and Roanoke Star.

Buena Vista

Building

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Buena Vista is a historic plantation house located in Roanoke, Virginia. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, brick Greek Revival style dwelling with a shallow hipped roof and two-story, three-bay wing.

Roanoke Star

Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Roanoke Star, also known as the Mill Mountain Star, is the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star. It was constructed at the top of Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia in 1949 by the local merchants association to draw publicity and trade to the city.

Taubman Museum of Art

Museum

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The Taubman Museum of Art, formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Formally established in 1951, the museum was housed in several locations around Roanoke before moving in 2008 to its current home, a contemporary architecture building designed by Randall Stout.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vinton and Wasena.

Vinton

Photo: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vinton is a town in eastern Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,059 at the 2020 census. Vinton is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area and the Roanoke Region of Virginia.

Wasena

Quarter

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Wasena is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in south, central Roanoke bisected by U.S. Route 221, immediately to the south of the Roanoke River. Wasena is situated 2 miles west of Morningside.

Garden City

Suburb

Garden City is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located far southeast Roanoke, abutting Mill Mountain. It borders the neighborhoods of Morningside and Riverdale on the north, and Mill Mountain and Southern Hills to the west. Garden City is situated 2 miles south of Morningside.

Morningside

Type: Quarter
Category: locality
Location: Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.2607° or 37° 15′ 39″ north

Longitude

-79.92282° or 79° 55′ 22″ west

Elevation

1,040 feet (317 metres)

Open location code

8792736G+7V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158391098

OpenStreetMap feature

place=quarter

GeoNames ID

4773947

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