Roanoke City Public Schools announced Monday that the original Lucy Addison High School, built in 1928 as a segregated high school for Black Roanokers, was one of the nine historic places recently listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register.

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources just announced that nine historic sites have officially been designated as Virginia Landmarks.

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced Tuesday that it had added 12 new listings on the Virginia Landmarks Register.

ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City’s new downtown bus station is one step closer to construction. A state agency just reviewed the project and determined building a new bus station near the transportation museum won’t negatively impact the city’s historic feel or its historic buildings. City officials want to move the bus station by the end of June to its new proposed home by building a temporary station. “The Section 106 Historic Review approval is just another step in the process toward the construction of a new Transit Station. AdThe proposed bus station has been controversial.