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1. Blueprints of Rockledge, William Henritze Residence on Mill Mountain - October 27, 1930

   Book of ten blueprints for William Henritze by Alex B. Mahood, an architect based in Bluefield, West Virginia. The plans look as if the house were to be expanded and created as an Inn. The first page shows several items: an extrerior concept drawing of Rockledge Inn from the perspective of the north at the far right edge, with an automobile driving up the pathway in the bottom foreground, and two stick figures walking up the path to the house; ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Blue Ridge Collectibles Rockledge Inn - Ceramic sculpture, designed and painted to look like Rockledge Inn, which burned in 1976, on top of Mill Mountain. The L-shaped building has a wrap around porch along the exterior, and gabled windows and roof along the yellow painted portion of the building. Bright green landscaping with drops of pink and red decorates around the edges of the steps and the building. Blue Ridge Collectibles Landmark Series sticker along the faux felt base.

   2018.34

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Contract for the construction of a tavern at Mill Mountain - 1891

   Contract between F. D. Booth and the Roanoke Gas and Water Company to create a tavern at Mill Mountain. The drawings and specifications were created by George T. Pearson. Contract identifies all the specifications for said tavern. Contract is on dark blue - blueprint style paper. These are most likely the specifications for Rockledge Inn or Rockledge Hotel, which closed in 1894. There is no date associated with the document, but probably ...

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4. Estimate of Cost for Rockledge Inn - October 27, 1930

   Quote or estimate for the completion of construction based off Alex B. Mahood's drawings for Rockledge Inn. Envelope (b) is addressed to Mr. W.P. Henritze at P.O. Box 732, postmarked November 2 from Bluefield WV. Two red two cent stamps are pasted in the upper right hand corner of the envelope, both with profile images of George Washington. The estimate (a) is for the central five-story building, detailing costs for each item of work and mater...

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Learning Lines - Print of John Will Creasy's watercolor of 'Learning Lines,' which showcases the exterior of Rockledge Inn at twilight. The open air wrap around porch is the focal point of the print, with the colors various shades of blues. A bright white moon hides directly behind the chimney at the center of the image. Work is framed in a gray exposed wood grain with brown paper on the back. The paper is torn throughout. At the top edge of the frame is a 'Graphics Etc Galleries Ltd' business card, which was located at 303 1st St S.E. Name of print is adhered to lower right corner of the back of the frame paper: "Learning Lines"/ Watercolor by John Will Creasy Rockledge Inn/Home of Mill Mountain Playhouse 1964-1976

   2023.28

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Mill Mountain Loop - This black and white photograph of Mill Mountain Road in Roanoke, Virginia circa 1940 provides a birds eye view of the Mill Mountain Loop in which the road up the west side of the mountain turns sharply to the west and then loops over itself. At the time the photograph was taken this road provided the only access to the top of the mountain and the Rockledge Inn located there. The Henritze residence known as Rockledge is located beside the loop just out of view.

   1998.24.553

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Mill Mountain Rockledge Inn - Rockledge Inn,a historic Inn, clubhouse, and theater, opened in 1892 (built by the Roanoke Gas Company for $10,500) was finally destroyed by fire in 1976 after surviving a fire in 1939. Originally built as an Inn, it had no registered guests until access up the mountain was built. The road was built by Mr. Henritze at a cost of $92,000 0r $145,000, opened in 1925

   1990.69.1165

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Roanoke Puzzle - Roanoke skyline jigsaw puzzle from 1981. The puzzle is a colored pencil rendition of many of Roanoke's most iconic landmarks such as Roanoke Memorial Hospital (now Carilion), Rockledge, the Mill Mountain Star, Mill Mountain Zoo, the Colonial American Bank, First National Exchange Bank, Norfolk & Western, Fire Station One, the Roanoke Weiner Stand, Victory Stadium (demolished in 2006), St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Hotel Roanoke, and the Market Building. The puzzle was designed and illustrated by R. Y. Hundley, and the concept development by Suzanne Lawton.

   2024.09

   Record Type: Object

   
9. The Man Did Not Think Small - December 7, 2003

   A Roanoke Times article published approximately a month before the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article discusses the negotiations with Mr. Link to make the museum possible. It contains a photo of O. Winston Link posed on the 1218 steam locomotive taken as part of a photo shoot for a Vanity Fair magazine article in August 2000. (Article is on the same physical page as OWL2003.32.23.132.01).

   Record Type: Archive