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In 2002, the town proposed a retail development named Kent Square for the downtown area. The site of the
Alexander Black House was planned to be occupied by a 400-stall parking garage. The town council allocated $ 2 million toward development of the parking garage, and they also purchased the house
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The house was built around 1897. The owner, Alexander Black, was a great-great-grandson of Samuel Black, who bought the land on which
Blacksburg is now located. Alexander Black was a prominent businessman in the town, and his first house reflected the typical design of homes in Blacksburg at the
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time. When that house burned down, he chose to build a new house in the Queen Anne style. The house features elements such as steep cross-gabled roofs,
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Blacksburg pursues change to historic district; The expansion could jump-start efforts to establish a town museum at the
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