Henrietta Lacks Plaza
Henrietta Lacks Plaza is a park in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia. Henrietta Lacks Plaza is situated nearby to the public building Roanoke Municipal Building, as well as near the courthouse United States Bankruptcy Court.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Roanoke station and Roanoke Warehouse Historic District.
Roanoke station
Railway station
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Roanoke station is a train station in Roanoke, Virginia, the current southern terminus of Amtrak's Northeast Regional line. Built in 2017, it follows several other Roanoke passenger stations that operated from the 1850s to 1979. Roanoke station is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Henrietta Lacks Plaza.
Roanoke Warehouse Historic District
Park
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Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, also known as 'Wholesale Row," is a national historic district located at Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses five contributing buildings constructed between 1889 and 1902.
Taubman Museum of Art
Museum
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. Taubman Museum of Art is situated 2,100 feet northeast of Henrietta Lacks Plaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wasena and Mountain View.
Wasena
Quarter
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.
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.
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.
Henrietta Lacks Plaza
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Roanoke, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.27054° or 37° 16′ 14″ northLongitude
-79.9448° or 79° 56′ 41″ westNamed after
Henrietta LacksOpen location code
879273C4+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 549558860OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Notable Places Nearby
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