Dallas Adult Entertainment: Push to preserve historical buildings in Roanoke
Recently, Karen and other members of the Roanoke Historical Society Board made a list of the 21 most important historic places in the town.
WFAA-TV City ordinances don’t provide special protection for historical structures.
They’re now photographing them along with signs that read “this place matters.” The collection will become a watch list, of sorts, each time a property in the tiny town is up for sale or demolition.
There’s everything from a four-star restaurant, with an unlikely military history, to the first mayor’s home, to even the town’s original water tower, built by the railroad.
Roanoke’s already contributed time and money toward moving one historic home, when a new restaurant bought the original site.
The city’s also open to taking over historic buildings. One building used to be a saloon and, rumor has it, a brothel. But recently the owner gave it to the city and Roanoke restored it.