Tag Archives: Blacksburg

Maddie Lamb Tucker & Spout Spring House

Mrs Tucker owned the Spout Spring House, this early Blacksburg home stood above a spring that once provided water for the community and the young Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Its construction reflects early log-building traditions later concealed by weatherboarding. “Memories – Mattie Lamb Tucker” booklet (searchable pdf) contains a wealth of local Blacksburg History. Copies canContinue reading “Maddie Lamb Tucker & Spout Spring House”

Sunnyside-Toms Creek Memorial Park, 2001

Sunnyside – Toms Creek Memorial Park is located on Glade Road, next to Fairview Community Church, 3766 Glade Road, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060. Sunnyside-Toms Creek Veterans Association Memorial A Brief History of Our Memorial On a sunny afternoon in September, approximately 500 residents and friends of the Sunnyside and Toms Creek communities gathered to dedicate aContinue reading “Sunnyside-Toms Creek Memorial Park, 2001”

Restaurant Series: Hokie House

The Hokie House, an iconic bar at 322 North Main Street since the late 1960s, is known for its burgers and beer. It started as Mrs. Ryman’s lunch counter and later belonged to George Willard. In the basement, head barber Stewart Michael Ribble was popular with the VPI/VT Corps of Cadets, often drawing long lines of first-year cadets.

Rev. Robert Burwell Nelson

The young daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Robert Burwell Nelson, of Virginia, was christened yesterday afternoon at St. Mary’s Protestant Episcopal Church, Roland Park, by the Rev. John G. Sadtler, rector of the church. She received the name of Rosalie Rutherfoord for her mother’s aunt, Mrs. Alexander Hawksley Rutherfoord. Mrs. Nelson was formerly Miss SallieContinue reading “Rev. Robert Burwell Nelson”