SHOWCASE HOMES

A Collector’s Masterpiece | Holiday Decorating Reaches New Heights
Photography by Kathryn Feldmann This stately brick Colonial on a quiet South Roanoke street, designed by Stone and Thompson architects, was built in 1954, by then-president of Norfolk and Western ...

Dreams Come True | First-time Renovators Bring Enthusiasm to Historic Renovation
Photography by Kathryn Feldmann Mary Lynn Wright and Joe Alesantrino don’t really believe in easing into things gradually—or on a small scale. A shared dream to renovate an old home ...

Modern Love | A Midcentury Modern Home Finds New Life in the 21st Century
Photography by Kathryn Feldmann Walking by the empty stone house in spring 2019, Joe and Nina Sweeney, a Roanoke couple with renovation experience, commented that it was ripe with potential ...

A Collector’s Eye
Photography by Jared Hall A few blocks down Fincastle’s Main Street lies a hidden historical gem: “Solitude,” a two-story clapboard home built around 1830 as the residence of a prosperous ...

A House for Life | Family Home Renovated with Universal Design
Photography by Kevin Hurley When Lee Anne and Jack Steffe moved to Roanoke in 1989, they knew two things: One, they wanted to return to Virginia where both had grown ...

Hillside Holiday | Making Memories in a Renovated Colonial in South Roanoke
Photography by Jared Hall The home of Doctors Heather and Jerod Greer is built into the lush hillside above the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The location was a selling point for ...

The Parrotts’ Nest | Love at First Sight
Photography by Kevin Hurley Martha and John Parrott’s stately brick home has a well-manicured front yard, with mature trees, a pea gravel drive, boxwood plantings and banks of hydrangeas. The ...

History Lovers’ Haven
Photography by Kevin Hurley In the year 1820, a prosperous settler named John Gray purchased a large plot of land south of the bustling frontier town of Fincastle. Gray, who ...