Roanoke Civic Center with Homes in Parking Lot

Kathleen Vaughn Ross’s home can be seen in the parking lot of the Roanoke Civic Center (now called the Berglund Center), at left. This ca. 1972 post card image was published with the caption:

“Roanoke’s beautiful new Civic Center. The coliseum, seating 11,000, and the auditorium seating 2,475, are separated by an open plaza which forms the roof of the Exhibit Hall. This $15 million Civic Center attracts sports events and conventions, as well as theatre, dance, rock groups, and many other activities.”

Ross, an elementary school secretary, refused to sell her home until the city offered her a reasonable price.