Loudon-Melrose is a
Roanoke,
Virginia
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neighborhood
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located in west Roanoke south of
U.S. 460 (Melrose Avenue). It borders the neighborhoods of
Shenandoah West on the west,
Harrison
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People
* Harrison (name)
* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
Places
In Australia:
* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
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and
Gilmer on the east,
Melrose-Rugby on the north and
Hurt Park on the south opposite the
Norfolk Southern
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rail yard.
History
With the continued outward expansion of Roanoke resulting from the completion of the Salem-Melrose streetcar line in the 1890s, by the 1920s this outward residential expansion reached the Loudon-Melrose area.
[ ] The residential design of the neighborhood is dominated by the two-story
foursquare
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, constructed during the 1920s-1930s.
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References
External links
Loudon-Melrose/Shenandoah West Neighborhood PlanLoudon-Melrose Neighborhood Organization
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Neighborhoods in Roanoke, Virginia