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Hollins University
7916 Williamson Rd Roanoke VA - 540-362-6269
~17.99 miles from Buchanan city center
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Hollins University is a four-year institution of higher education, a private university located on a 475-acre (1.92 km2) campus on the border of Roanoke County, Virginia and Botetourt County, Virginia. Founded in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States.Hollins has since evolved into a full university with more than 1000 enrolled undergraduate and graduate students. As Virginia's first chartered women's college, all undergraduate programs are female-only. Men are welcome in the graduate level programs.Known for its writing program, Hollins alumna include Annie Dillard, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, Natasha Trethewey, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, Mary Garber, pioneering sportswriter. Kiran Desai, ...
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Virginia Careers Academy
3312 Williamson Rd Nw Roanoke VA - 540-563-2015
~20.68 miles from Buchanan city center
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Valley View Mall
Roanoke VA
~21.21 miles from Buchanan city center
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Valley View Mall is a 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m2) regional shopping mall located in the Roundhill neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It is located near the interchange of Interstate 581 with Hershberger Road (State Route 101) in the northwest section of the city.Most outparcel locations around Valley View Mall have been developed into restaurants, retail stores, offices, and hotels. Major surrounding stores include Ashley Furniture, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, Grand Home Furnishings, Wal-Mart, and Target. Regal Cinemas has a 16 screen movie theater with stadium seating at an outparcel location, which replaced a smaller six screen cinema inside the mall.
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Mill Mountain Zoo
Po Box 13484 Roanoke VA - 540-343-3241
~21.59 miles from Buchanan city center
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The Mill Mountain Zoo is a zoo located atop Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia. Originally opening in 1952, the zoo was operated by the City of Roanoke for its first 24 years of existence. In 1976, the city turned its operation over to the Roanoke Jaycees. The Jaycees would subsequently operate the zoo through 1988 when its operation was placed into the hands of the non-profit Blue Ridge Zoological Society (BRZS). The BRZS today still serves as the operator and fund-raising mechanism for the zoo and its operations.The zoo received its initial accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in 1995. In September 2007, its accreditation was reviewed and extended through 2011
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Roanoke Civic Center
Roanoke VA
~21.60 miles from Buchanan city center
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Roanoke Civic Center is a 9,828-seat multi-purpose arena located in the Williamson Road neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It was built in 1971. It was the former home to the Roanoke Dazzle basketball team, as well as the Roanoke Express and Roanoke Valley Vipers ice hockey teams. Currently, it is the home of the Virginia Tech men's ice hockey team. The Arena is also the home of the annual boys basketball games between Roanoke's two city schools, Patrick Henry High School and William Fleming High School. The teams play twice a year, splitting the series this year.Opened in October 1971, the Roanoke Civic Center was also the former home of the American Basketball Association (1967-1976) professional basketball franchise Virginia Squires. The Squires played there (in addition to the Norfol...
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St. Andrews Catholic Church
Roanoke VA
~21.81 miles from Buchanan city center
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St. Andrews Catholic Church is situated on one of the highest point in Roanoke and is visible from many locations throughout the downtown area.
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O. Winston Link Museum
Roanoke VA
~21.98 miles from Buchanan city center
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The O. Winston Link Museum is a museum dedicated to the photography of O. Winston Link, the twentieth century railroad photographer widely considered the master of the juxtaposition between steam railroading and rural culture.Located in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, the museum is situated in a restored Norfolk & Western Railway passenger train station and opened in January 2004.It currently displays hundreds of photographic prints and has several interactive displays including audio that provide information on Link's photographic subjects.
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Harrison Museum African Amer
523 Harrison Ave Nw Roanoke VA - 540-345-4818
~22.02 miles from Buchanan city center
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Located in a Nationally Registered historic landmark, the museum is the site of the first African American high school in Southwestern Virginia. Exhibits and celebrates African American culture and heritage in Southwest Virginia. Meeting facilities available, gift shop on site. HistoryThe Harrison Museum of African American Culture is located on the ground floor of Harrison School, the first public high school built in 1916 for African-American students. Due to its important and long-lasting role in the history of the African-American community in the Roanoke Valley, Harrison School is designated as a Virginia Historic Landmark. The renovation of Harrison School and the establishment of a museum and cultural center was a project initiated by the Northwest Neighborhood Improvement C...
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Art Museum of Western Virginia
1 Market Sq Se Fl 2 Roanoke VA - 540-342-5760
~22.11 miles from Buchanan city center
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Center In the Square
1 Market Sq Se Fl 5 Roanoke VA - 540-342-5700
~22.11 miles from Buchanan city center
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In the 1940's and '50's downtown Roanoke had a thriving nightlife. Businesses were open, there were four motion picture theaters. It all changed after World War II, gradually at first, then at an accelerated pace until it evolved into a deserted downtown during the decades of the 60's and '70's.In the late 1970's downtown Roanoke and the area's arts community was in a state of decay. This declining, crime-ridden, blighted urban area was producing less than desirable tax revenues and area school systems were struggling to offer adequate science, art and cultural programs. Cultural organizations, located in the suburbs were inaccessible by public transportation and unpatronized by a broad cross-section of Valley residents. None of these organizations had permanent homes with adequate facil...
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History Museum and Hist Soc
Po Box 1904 Roanoke VA - 540-342-5770
~22.11 miles from Buchanan city center
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Harrison Museum of African American Culture
Roanoke VA
~22.13 miles from Buchanan city center
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Located in a Nationally Registered historic landmark, the museum is the site of the first African American high school in Southwestern Virginia. Exhibits and celebrates African American culture and heritage in Southwest Virginia. Meeting facilities available, gift shop on site. HistoryThe Harrison Museum of African American Culture is located on the ground floor of Harrison School, the first public high school built in 1916 for African-American students. Due to its important and long-lasting role in the history of the African-American community in the Roanoke Valley, Harrison School is designated as a Virginia Historic Landmark. The renovation of Harrison School and the establishment of a museum and cultural center was a project initiated by the Northwest Neighborhood Improvement C...
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History Museum of Western Virginia
Roanoke VA
~22.13 miles from Buchanan city center
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Hopkins Planetarium
Roanoke VA
~22.13 miles from Buchanan city center
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The whole family will enjoy this fun, hands-on science center that features eight permanent exhibits including a 750-gallon marine aquarium, a Light and Sound Arcade, plus galleries related to the human body, weather and geology.Attraction type: Observatory/planetarium, Science museumhttp://www.smwv.org/Address: Center in the Square One Market Square Roanoke, VA 24011Tel: 540-342-5710
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Mill Mountain Theater
Roanoke VA
~22.13 miles from Buchanan city center
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A live, professional, year round theatre that is nationally known for presenting exciting dramas, musicals, new works, comedies, and children's shows on two stages at the Center in the Square.
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Science Museum of Western Virginia
Roanoke VA
~22.13 miles from Buchanan city center
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The Science Museum of Western Virginia is the oldest science museum in Virginia, founded in 1970 by a group of teachers and community volunteers to provide informal science experiences to enhance education in the classroom. While the organization has grown and moved into larger and more accessible facilities, it has never strayed from its mission focus.The Museum moved into its current home on two floors of a multi-cultural building in the heart of downtown Roanoke called Center in the Square in 1983. That move led to the fabrication of all new galleries and transformed the Museum from a small “home-grown” collecting Museum to a larger institution with a planetarium and a wide selection of interactive exhibits. Another major renovation occurred in 1995, as the Museum celebrated its 25th ...
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Virginia's Explore Park
Po Box 8508 Roanoke VA - 540-427-1800
~22.20 miles from Buchanan city center
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Virginia's Explore Park is a currently closed living history museum and recreational facility located at milepost 115 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Roanoke County, Virginia. It includes various restored local historical structures and both hiking and biking trails, along with access to the Roanoke River for recreational use. The park is located near the gorge where the Roanoke River leaves the Roanoke Valley.
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Washington and Lee University
116 N. Main St. Lexington VA - 540-463-8670
~22.22 miles from Buchanan city center
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Washington and Lee University was named after George Washington and Robert E. Lee and was established in 1749.Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, United States.The classical school from which Washington and Lee descended was established in 1749 as Augusta Academy, about 20 miles (32 km) north of its present location. In 1776 it was renamed Liberty Hall in a burst of revolutionary fervor. The academy moved to Lexington in 1780, when it was chartered as Liberty Hall Academy, and built its first facility near town in 1782.In 1796, George Washington endowed the academy with the largest gift ever given to an educational institution at that time: $20,000 in stock[2]. The gift rescued Liberty Hall from near-certain insolvency. In gratitu...
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Virginia Military Institute
Lexington VA - 540-464-7700
~22.22 miles from Buchanan city center
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The Virginia Military Institute (VMI), located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior military colleges in the United States. VMI offers degrees in fourteen different disciplines in Engineering, the Sciences, and the Liberal Arts. Unlike any other state military college in the United States, all VMI students are military cadets. VMI offers cadets a spartan, physically demanding environment combined with strict military discipline. Although VMI has been called the "West Point of the South," it differs from the federal service academies in several respects. For example, while all VMI cadets must participate in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), they are not required to serve in the military upon graduation. Instead, VMI graduate...
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Virginia Museum of Transportation
303 Norfolk Ave Sw Roanoke VA - 540-342-5670
~22.32 miles from Buchanan city center
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The Virginia Museum of Transportation is a museum devoted to the topic of transportation located in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A..The Virginia Museum of Transportation began its life in 1963 as the Roanoke Transportation Museum located in Wasena Park in Roanoke, Virginia. The museum at that time was housed in an old Norfolk & Western Railway freight depot on the banks of the Roanoke River.The earliest components of the museum's collection included a United States Army Jupiter rocket and the famous N&W J Class Locomotive #611, donated by Norfolk & Western Railway to the city of Roanoke where many of its engines were constructed.The museum expanded its collection to include other pieces of rail equipment, and a number of horse-drawn vehicles including a hearse, a covered wagon, ...
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Roanoke City Hall
Roanoke VA
~22.37 miles from Buchanan city center
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201 Bowie StreetRoanoke, TX , 76262(corner of Bowie & Oak)Phone: 817-491-2411
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Elmwood Park
Roanoke VA
~22.38 miles from Buchanan city center
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Roanoke City Public Library
Roanoke VA
~22.39 miles from Buchanan city center
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The City of Roanoke Public Library is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center (http://fdncenter.org). As a member of this nationwide network of libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit agencies, the Main Library provides visitors with free public access to grantmaker directories, books on fundraising and nonprofit management, and the Foundation Center’s electronic database, The Foundation Center Directory Online. The fully searchable database includes detailed profiles of all active U.S. foundations, as well as an extensive file of recent grants awarded by the nation’s top funders.
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Roanoke Hosp School of Rad Tec
Po Box 13186 Roanoke VA - 540-981-7731
~22.54 miles from Buchanan city center
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Shaftman Performance Hall
Roanoke VA
~22.65 miles from Buchanan city center
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Shaftman Performance Hall at Jefferson Center offers a spectacular new venue with outstanding technical amenities and elegant appointments. The 1000-seat hall provides an ideal performance space for Roanoke Ballet Theatre, Opera Roanoke, and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. It will also present an ecclectic array of classical and contemporary performances, including family entertainment. Shaftman Performance Hall and attendant event spaces are available for rent for entertainment, private, and corporate events.
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White House Galleries
1302 2nd St Sw Roanoke VA - 540-344-9600
~22.86 miles from Buchanan city center
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Art Gallery1302 2nd Street Southwest, Roanoke, VA 24016-4923(540) 344-9600?
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Mill Mountain Star
Roanoke VA
~23.09 miles from Buchanan city center
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A "must see" on most visitors list, an 88-foot manmade star (the largest in the world) sits on majestic Mill Mountain along with a beautifully landscaped city park, that boasts hiking and biking trails, and a zoo.Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest, ParkAddress: Roanoke, VA
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School of Practical Nursing
Belleview Av. & Jefferson Roanoke VA - 540-981-7362
~23.36 miles from Buchanan city center
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This is not a hospital. It is a school for training nurses and medical technicians.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Buchanan
National College
1813 East Main Street Salem VA
~23.96 miles from Buchanan city center
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1813 E Main St, Salem, VA Tel: (540) 986-1800
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Virginia Western Community College
108 North Jefferson Street Roanoke VA - 540-857-7231
~24.94 miles from Buchanan city center
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Chartered in 1966, Virginia Western Community College, VWCC, a two-year college located in the Franklin-Colonial neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia, United States, is the third-largest college in the Virginia Community College System.In the fall 2006 semester, VWCC's total headcount was 8,362 students, 57% female, 43% male. The racial makeup of the student body is 86% White, 9% Black or African American, and 5% from other races. For additional statistical information, please see the Fast Facts page at VWCC. As of the fall 2009 semester, resident tuition is $103.09 per credit hour. Tuition for out-of-state students taking courses on-site is $285.19 per credit hour while out-of-state students taking courses on-line pay $199.80 per credit hour.
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