Harrison, Roanoke, Virginia
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Harrison 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 Melrose-Rugby and Washington Park on the north, Gilmer on the south, Gainsboro on the east and Loudon-Melrose on the west.{{cite web
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|title = Explore Roanoke Neighborhood Map: Harrison
|publisher = City of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods
|accessdate = 2008-05-03
}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Its northern boundary is concurrent with U.S. Route 460 (Melrose/Orange Avenue), and as of the 2000 Census Harrison has a population of 1,019 residents with 393 households.{{cite web
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|title=Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan: Introduction
|publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
|accessdate=2008-05-02}}
History
With many of the existing structures dating from between 1900 and 1920, Harrison is noted as being one of Roanoke's longest established African-American neighborhoods.
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|title=Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan
|publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
|accessdate=2008-05-02
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926030756/http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N262NQ29796FGUREN
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Some of its more notable institutions include the Harrison School and the Burrell Hospital, which were both the first facilities constructed in Roanoke specifically to serve the African-American residents of the city. Today Harrison is noted for its numerous American Foursquare designed homes and for the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture located in the former Harrison School.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060926030756/http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N262NQ29796FGUREN Harrison & Washington Park Neighborhood Plan]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080829133246/http://www.roanokeva.gov/WebMgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/CurrentBaseLink/N26JDS27242RLAREN Northwest Neighborhood Improvement Council]
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