Harrison School
Harrison School is a historic public school building for African-American students in Roanoke, Virginia. It is a rectangular, 13-bay brick building done in modified Georgian Revival architecture.Photo: Patriarca12, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gainsboro Branch Library and Burrell Memorial Hospital.
Gainsboro Branch Library
Library
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The Gainsboro Branch Library is a historic library building located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1941–1942 and is a one-story, seven-bay brick building built with an L-plan and gabled roof, and designed in the Tudor Revival style. Gainsboro Branch Library is situated 2,200 feet east of Harrison School.
Burrell Memorial Hospital
Clinic
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Burrell Memorial Hospital, currently operating as Blue Ridge Behavioral Health Burrell Center, was an historic African-American hospital originally located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. Burrell Memorial Hospital is situated 1,200 feet north of Harrison School.
Basilica of St. Andrew
Church
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The Basilica of St. Andrew, also known as St. Andrew's Catholic Church, is a historic Catholic church and rectory in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1900-1902, and is a buff brick church on a stone foundation in the High Victorian Gothic style. Basilica of St. Andrew is situated 2,400 feet east of Harrison School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mountain View and Wasena.
Mountain View
Quarter
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Mountain View is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke north of the Roanoke River. It borders the neighborhoods of Norwich on the west, West End on the east, Hurt Park on the north and Raleigh Court and Wasena on the south.
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.
West End
Suburb
West End is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke south of the Norfolk Southern railyard. It borders the neighborhoods of Hurt Park and Mountain View on the west, Downtown on the east, Gilmer on the north across the Norfolk Southern railyard and Old Southwest on the south.
Harrison School
- Type: Residential area
- Description: school building in Roanoke, Virginia
- Category: school building
- Location: Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.27947° or 37° 16′ 46″ northLongitude
-79.94813° or 79° 56′ 53″ westElevation
971 feet (296 metres)Open location code
879273H2+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 356568519OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q15693808
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