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1. Downtowner Motor Inn - A black and white photograph of an architectural rendering for the Downtowner Motor Inn located on the corner of Bullitt Avenue and Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia (directly across from Hotel Patrick Henry). The four-story building has two sections divided by an inner courtyard. There are decorative balconies on the building. There is a parking garage at the rear of the building. The building has a flat roof with exposed metal framing and the plate glass windows have drapery in them. It was built in the mid-1960s.

   1998.24.111

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Hotel Patrick Henry, 1924 - A small black and white photograph of Hotel Patrick Henry, located at the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, and taken in 1924. The photograph was taken from across the street at Elmwood Park and shows a large house with turrets across Bullitt Avenue. The hotel has a large sign illuminated by light bulbs on the roof as well as a brick painted sign. The top floor windows are decorated with concrete stone work arches. There are ten stories with different windows on first three floors as well as awnings. Across Jefferson Street can be seen the gazebo in Elmwood Park.

   1984.041.13.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Hotel Patrick Henry, 1924 - A small black and white photograph of the Hotel Patrick Henry in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in 1924 when it was under construction. The hotel is on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue. The photograph was taken from across the street at Elmwood Park and shows the top floor unfinished. There are people sitting in the park watching the construction.

   1986.27.10

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Hotel Patrick Henry, 1924 - A small black and white photograph of the newly completed Hotel Patrick Henry in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in 1924. The hotel is on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue. The photograph was taken from across the street at Elmwood Park. There are awnings on the first floor windows in front and on the mezzanine floor. The hotel has ten floors with varying types of windows. The windows on the top floor are decorated with concrete arches. At the third floor level there is more concrete horizontal emphasis with different sized windows from the rest of the building. There is a large house across Bullitt Avenue with a touring car parked in front.

   1986.27.9

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Hotel Patrick Henry, 1940s - An architectural drawing of the exterior of Hotel Patrick Henry, located at the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the 1940s. The building has ten stories with a stone balustrade around the roof. The top floor has arched window detailing with some double windows and some single. The front corner windows on the top floor have elaborate cornice stonework. Between the top floor and the mezzanine floor, there are six stories with very plain windows. The stone balustrade is repeated at the first floor level. The mezzanine level is accented with decorative stone work featuring medallions. The windows on the second floor have stone carved architraves. There are stone pillars at the street level. Protruding out from the second floor is a sun room with awnings. The drawing shows the hotel parking garage to the left which is a one story building attached to the main hotel building. There is an American flag flying from a flagpole on the roof.

   1998.24.089

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Hotel Patrick Henry, 1950s - A black and white photograph of the exterior of the Hotel Patrick Henry, on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the 1950s. The building has ten stories with a stone balustrade around the roof. On the back side of the building's roof is a neon sign advertising the hotel. The neon sign had a gold border and red lettering. The top floor has arched window detailing with some double windows and some single. The front corner windows on the top floor have elaborate cornice stonework. Between the top floor and the mezzanine floor there are six stories with very plain windows. The stone balustrade is repeated at the first floor level. The mezzanine level is accented with decorative stone work featuring medallions. The windows on the second floor have stone carved architraves. There are stone pillars at the street level. Protruding out from the second floor is a sun room with awnings. This photograph is taken from across the street at Elmwood Park and shows cars parked on the street. There is a gas station across Bullitt Avenue. There are signs for parking and a garage for the hotel. To the left of the hotel is the Appalachian Power Company Building. There are Christmas wreaths with stars hanging on the street lights.

   1998.24.084

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Hotel Patrick Henry Ballroom, circa 1955 - A black and white photograph of the interior of the Hotel Patrick Henry ballroom during a community affairs banquet. The hotel is located at the corners of Bullitt Avenue and Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia. The ballroom is lighted by two crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling, and brass and crystal sconces mounted around the walls. There is elaborate plasterwork in the ceiling above the chandeliers. The walls are paneled and the arched floor-to-ceiling windows have drapery in them. There is a speaker at the podium on the left and a camera is set up in the middle of the room. The room is tightly packed with diners.

   1998.24.087

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Hotel Patrick Henry, circa 1925 - A black and white photograph of the exterior of Hotel Patrick Henry, located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the 1920s. The building has ten stories with a stone balustrade around to roof top. On the back side of the building's roof is a neon sign advertising the hotel. The neon sign had a gold border and red lettering. The top floor has arched window detailing with some double windows and some single. The front corner windows on the top floor have elaborate cornice stonework. Between the top floor and the mezzanine floor there are six stories with very plain windows. The stone balustrade is repeated at the first floor level. The mezzanine level is accented with decorative stone work featuring medallions. The windows on the second floor have stone carved arcatraves. There are stone pillars at the street level. Protruding out from the second floor is a sun room with awnings. This photograph is taken from Elmwood Park across the street and shows cars parked on the street and several houses across Bullitt Avenue.

   1998.24.082

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Hotel Patrick Henry, circa 1943 - A black and white photograph of Hotel Patrick Henry, located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the 1940s. The building has ten stories with a stone balustrade around the roof top. On the back side of the building's roof is a neon sign advertising the hotel. The neon sign had a gold border and red lettering. The top floor has arched window detailing with some double windows and some single. The front corner windows on the top floor have elaborate cornice stonework. Between the top floor and the mezzanine floor there are six stories with very plain windows. The stone balustrade is repeated at the first floor level. The mezzanine level is accented with decorative stone work featuring medallions. The windows on the second floor have stone carved architraves. There are stone pillars at the street level. Protruding out from the second floor is a sun room with awnings. This photograph is taken from across the street in Elmwood Park and shows cars parked on the street. The hotel garage is on the left with a sign pointing to it.

   1998.24.088

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Hotel Patrick Henry Coffee Shop, 1951 - A black and white photograph of the Hotel Patrick Henry Coffee Shop, located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the 1951. The lettering painted on the window advertises that the hotel shop has air conditioning. The coffee shop has tables set up with lamps. There is white-tiled wall with a mural above it. The shop sells various local products and has miniature displays of the farming operations. There is a sign in the window which says "Made in Roanoke - The American Way". There are pictures and examples of products produced in Roanoke. Neon tubes ornament the windows.

    1998.24.085

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Hotel Patrick Henry Coffee Shop, 1951 - A black and white photograph of the Hotel Patrick Henry Coffee Shop, located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the 1951. The lettering painted on the window advertises that the hotel shop has air conditioning. The coffee shop has tables set up with lamps. There is white-tiled wall with a mural above it. The shop sells various local products and has miniature displays of the farming operations. There is a sign in the window which says "Made in Roanoke - The American Way". There are pictures and examples of products produced in Roanoke. Neon tubes ornament the windows.

    1998.24.086

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Hotel Patrick Henry, early 1940s - A black and white photograph of Hotel Patrick Henry on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the early 1940s. The building has ten stories with a stone balustrade around the roof. On the back side of the building's roof is a neon sign advertising the hotel. The neon sign had a gold border and red lettering. The top floor has arched window detailing with some double windows and some single. The front corner windows on the top floor have elaborate cornice stonework. Between the top floor and the mezzanine floor there are six stories with very plain windows. The stone balustrade is repeated at the first floor level. The mezzanine level is accented with decorative stone work featuring medallions. The windows on the second floor have stone carved architraves. There are stone pillars at the street level. Protruding out from the second floor is a sun room with awnings. This photograph is taken from Elmwood Park across the street and shows cars parked on the street. There is a Gulf Oil Company gas station across Jefferson Street. There is an American flag flying from a flag pole on the roof of the hotel.

    1998.24.083

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Hotel Patrick Henry Lobby, circa 1965 - A black and white photograph of the interior lobby of Hotel Patrick Henry, located at the corner of Bullitt Avenue and Jefferson Street. The floor is tiled and has patterned rugs as well. There is a staircase with landing and the hotel desk is on the left. On the far left wall is a stone faced fireplace. There is a coffered ceiling with several hanging chandeliers, and there are square columns supporting the ceiling.

    1990.69.371

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Jefferson Street Looking North, 1927 - A black and white photograph taken in 1927 looking north on Jefferson Street from Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia. The Hotel Patrick Henry is visible in the left foreground, and across the street is the Elks Lodge. Streetcar tracks were still in place. The date 1927 is written on the reverse side of the photograph. The signs were made of light bulbs inside a box with white opaque glass letters. They were later replaced by neon signs on each end of the marquee. The neon signs were made by Claude Sign Company. Mr. Georges Claude founded his company to produce neon signs using his patented long-life electrodes. They were probably the first two neon signs in Roanoke, and possibly in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Roy C. Kinsey Sign Company, Inc. of Roanoke serviced the signs. It also added a red neon tube above the ornamentation of the parapet around the top of the building. Hotel Patrick Henry was one of a chain of hotels owned by Robert R. Meyer. Others were the Hotel Stacy Trent in Trenton, New Jersey, one in Baltimore called the Hotel Emerson, the Hotel Sir Walter in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Hotel Hermitage in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Hotel Roosevelt in Jacksonville, Florida. Roy C. Kinsey Sign Co. made the signs for the hotels in Trenton, Baltimore, and Raleigh. It also converted the roof sign on Hotel Patrick Henry to neon. Hotel Patrick Henry had a huge coal-fired boiler which produced steam to heat the building, operate the steam laundry, and power the steam generator that provided electricity to run elevators and lights. The hotel was not connected to Appalachian Power Company until about 1950.

    1964.42.10

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Patrick Henry Hotel, early 1940s - A black and white photograph of Hotel Patrick Henry, located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia, taken in the early 1940s. The building has ten stories with a stone balustrade around the roof. On the back side of the building's roof is a neon sign advertising the hotel. The neon sign had a gold border and red lettering. The top floor has arched window detailing with some double windows and some single. The front corner windows on the top floor have elaborate cornice stonework. Between the top floor and the mezzanine floor there are six stories with very plain windows. The stone balustrade is repeated at the first floor level. The mezzanine level is accented with decorative stone work featuring medallion. The windows on the second floor have stone carved architraves. There are stone pillars at the street level. Protruding out from the second floor is a sun room with awnings. This photograph is taken from across the street at Elmwood Park and shows cars parked on the street. There is a gas station across Bullitt Avenue. There are signs for parking and a garage for the hotel. To the left of the hotel is the Appalachian Power Company Building. There are Christmas wreaths with stars hanging on the street lights.

    1990.69.370

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Sunnyside Awning & Tent Company - A black and white photograph of the Sunnyside Awning & Tent Company located at 621 First Street SW in Roanoke, Virginia, at the corner of First Street and Bullitt Avenue.

    1990.69.100

    Record Type: Photo