Grandin Court, Roanoke, Virginia
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Grandin Court is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in southwest Roanoke. It borders the neighborhoods of Raleigh Court on the north, and Franklin-Colonial to the south and east. The southwestern border is shared with Roanoke County.[1] As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Grandin Court had a total of 1,144 occupied housing units.[2]
[edit] History
Grandin Court was annexed into Roanoke by way of two separate annexations occurring in both 1926 and 1943.[2] Bisected by U.S. Highway 221 (Brambleton Avenue) and bordered by U.S. Highway 11 (Grandin Road) on the north, most of the residential development occurred between 1920 and 1960.[3] Residential development began in the northwest corner of the neighborhood and fanned out from that point, with various style represented, including but not limited to cottage, bungalow and American Foursquare.[2] With the establishment of The Coffee Pot restaurant in 1936, the commercial node of the neighborhood has developed an grown along Brambleton Avenue at the Roanoke County line.[4]
Today Grandin Court is the location of Fishburn Park, Woodlawn Park, Grandin Court Elementary School, the Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology and Patrick Henry High School.
[edit] References
- ^ Explore Roanoke Neighborhood Map: Grandin Court. City of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ a b c Grandin Court Neighborhood Plan: Residential Development. City of Roanoke Planning Division. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
- ^ Grandin Court Neighborhood Plan: Residential Development. City of Roanoke Planning Division. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
- ^ Grandin Court Neighborhood Plan: Economic Development. City of Roanoke Planning Division. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
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