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Title |
Roanoke City Market, circa 1925 |
Description |
A black and white photograph of Roanoke City Market, Market Square and First Street SE in Roanoke, Virginia circa 1925. The view is looking south with many people and vehicles surrounding the farmer's market. The Hartsook Building is visible in the center of the photograph. Thomas Everhart Benton Hartsook was a prominent real estate dealer of German and English descent, who moved to Roanoke in 1891 and opened an office on Jefferson Street. By 1896, he had built the two-story brick Hartsook Building that overlooks Market Square at the southeast corner of Market Street and Campbell Avenue. The building served as his office and residence with his wife and daughter. The History of Roanoke County noted that Mr. Hartsook "purchased a farm of 526 acres, known as the Mill Mountain farm, within 30 minutes drive of the business center of the city, a portion of which he intends to plant to fruit." Known as the Hartsook Estate, it covered nearly half of the community including some of the eastern slope of Mill Mountain. It is currently a housing development known as Mill Mountain Estates. |
Object ID |
1990.69.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Davis, George C. |
Studio |
Davis Photo Company |
Date |
circa 1925 |
Year Range from |
1920 |
Year Range to |
1930 |
Subjects |
Markets Vendors, Street Automobiles Men & women Buildings Signs Street railroad tracks Trollies Businesses, local |
Search Terms |
City Market Market Square McGuire Building Roanoke Sign Works Inc. Chewing Produce Co. Bisese Produce Teichler & Debo Meats Hartsook Building |
People |
Davis, George C. |
Collection |
History Museum Photograph Collection |
Imagefile |
010\199069001.JPG |
Number of images |
1 |