The Alexander Black House is a historical house in the Queen Anne Victorian architectural style, located in Blacksburg, Virginia. Built around 1897, the house was home to Alexander Black, a prominent businessman and the great-great-grandson of Samuel Black. After his first house burned down, Alexander Black built this new home, which features steep cross-gabled roofs, gingerbread trim, towers, and vertical windows.
The Black family lived in the house until 1935, when Alexander Black died. The building then served as a funeral home until 2002. During its time as a funeral home, the wraparound porch was enclosed, interior walls were removed to provide gathering areas, the second-floor balcony and some bay windows were enclosed, and the house was given vinyl siding.
In 2002, the town purchased the house and moved it to a new location on Draper Road to preserve it from a planned parking garage. Plans began to restore the house for use as the Blacksburg Museum. A thorough restoration of the house was completed in 2014, and it currently serves as the Blacksburg Museum.
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