Washington Park, Roanoke, Virginia

Washington Park, Roanoke, Virginia

Washington Park 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 Roundhill on the north and Williamson Road on the north and east, Gainsboro and Harrison on the south and Melrose-Rugby 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 and eastern boundary is concurrent with Interstate 581 and its southern boundary is concurrent with U.S. Route 460 (Orange Avenue). As of the 2000 Census Harrison has a population of 1,254 residents with 531 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

Taking its name from the park that lies at the corner of Orange Avenue and Burrell Street, Washington Park developed between 1920 and 1960. The area where the park is now located was a landfill in the 1950s, but was subsequently capped with the park being established by the early 1960s. The area is also the location of the Lincoln Terrace public housing dating from 1952, but has since been refurbished and renamed as the Villages at Lincoln.

References

External links

* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N262NQ29796FGUREN Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan]
* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/webmgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/CurrentBaseLink/N26HXPES084RLAREN Washington Park Alliance for Neighborhoods]


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