Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station is a historic

freight depot A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes. Public transport hubs include railway stations, rapid transit stations, bus stops, tram stops, airports and ferry slips ...

located in the Melrose-Rugby neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses 111 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in a planned residential subdivision, with most of the dwellings being built between the late 1910s and late 1940s. It is a primarily residential district with single-family dwellings. The houses include

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

-style

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American Foursquare The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victorian architecture, Victorian and other Revival styles popul ...

, and

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. The building houses the Virginia Museum of Transportation an
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/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses in Roanoke, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Roanoke, Virginia {{RoanokeCityVA-NRHP-stub