Loudon-Melrose, Roanoke, Virginia
- Loudon-Melrose, Roanoke, Virginia
Loudon-Melrose is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in west Roanoke south of U.S. 460 (Melrose Avenue). It borders the neighborhoods of Shenandoah West on the west, Harrison and Gilmer on the east, Melrose-Rugby on the north and Hurt Park on the south opposite the Norfolk Southern rail yard.[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=2008-05-17] History
With the continued outward expansion of Roanoke resulting from the completion of the Salem-Melrose streetcar line in the 1890s, by the 1920s this outward residential expansion reached the Loudon-Melrose area.[cite web]
url=http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/0A7F23822F063567852570D00072FD2E/$File/Loudon-Melrsoe_Shen_West_Plan_hoods.pdf
title=Loudon-Melrose/Shenandoah West Neighborhood Plan: The Neighborhoods
publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
accessdate=2008-05-17] The residential design of the neighborhood is dominated by the two-story foursquare, constructed during the 1920s-1930s.[cite web]
url=http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/0A7F23822F063567852570D00072FD2E/$File/Loudon-Melrsoe_Shen_West_Plan_res_dev.pdf
title=Loudon-Melrose/Shenandoah West Neighborhood Plan: Residential Development
publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
accessdate=2008-05-17] References
External links
* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N25YWKRQ490FGUREN Loudon-Melrose/Shenandoah West Neighborhood Plan]
* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/webmgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/CurrentBaseLink/N26F6HGN751RLAREN Loudon-Melrose Neighborhood Organization]
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