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Roanoke's 1907 Comprehensive Plan was commissioned by the Women's Civic Betterment Club of Roanoke and then presented to the City government. The plan was written by John Nolen, a landscape architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts. The plan was written in the early stages of Nolen's career as a city planner. He went on to write plans for over 50 cities in the country, including Kingsport, Tennessee, San Diego, California, Mariemont, Ohio, Asheville and Charlotte, North Carolina. Nolen came back to Roanoke to write the City's second comprehensive plan in 1928.

The 1907 Roanoke Comprehensive Plan was awarded by the National Planning Association in 1997 as an American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) National Planning Landmark.

Download the 1907 Roanoke Comprehensive Plan below:

1907 Comprehensive Plan (File size: 1 MB)

1907 Plan Overview Map (File size: 11 MB.)