Harrison, Roanoke, Virginia
- Harrison, Roanoke, Virginia
Harrison is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in central Roanoke, that initially developed in the 1920s as an early Roanoke suburb. It borders the neighborhoods of Melrose-Rugby and Washington Park on the north, Gilmer on the south, Gainsboro on the east and Loudon-Melrose on the west.[cite web]
url=http://portal.roanokegov.com/portal/neighbor/dspMapView.cfm?CFID=267835&CFTOKEN=18696877
title=Explore Roanoke Neighborhood
publisher=City of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods
accessdate=2008-05-03] Its northern boundary is concurrent with U.S. Route 460 (Melrose/Orange Avenue), and as of the 2000 Census Harrison has a population of 1,019 residents with 393 households.[cite web]
url=http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/A15905EBE2280159852570D000727BFC/$File/harrison%20wash%20intro.pdf
title=Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan: Introduction
publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
accessdate=2008-05-02] History
With many of the existing structures dating from between 1900 and 1920, Harrison is noted as being on of Roanoke's longest established African-American neighborhoods.[cite web]
url=http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N262NQ29796FGUREN
title=Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan
publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
accessdate=2008-05-02] Some of its more notable institutions include the Harrison School and the Burrell Hospital, which were both the first facilities constructed in Roanoke specifically to serve the African-American residents of the city.References
External links
* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N262NQ29796FGUREN Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan]
* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/webmgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/CurrentBaseLink/N26JDS27242RLAREN Northwest Neighborhood Improvement Council]
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