Boxley Building is a historic commercial building located at

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. It was built in 1922, and is an eight-story, granite and beige brick building. It consists of a granite base on the first story, a six-story brick shaft and an unusually fine top-story ornamented cornice with

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panels and finely detailed copper cornice. It was built by William Wise Boxley (1861-1940), builder, developer, quarry owner, railroad contractor, and mayor of Roanoke. an
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in 1984.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1922 Buildings and structures in Roanoke, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Roanoke, Virginia Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia {{RoanokeCityVA-NRHP-stub