The Blacksburg Museum establishes and informs a sense of place and time for Blacksburg citizens and visitors through the interpretation of its historic buildings.

The Town currently owns nine historic structures:
The Price House, 1840s-1853 (107 Wharton Street)
The Five Chimneys House, 1852 (203 Washington Street)
The Thomas-Conner House, 1878 (104 Draper Road)
The Alexander Black House, ca. 1897 (204 Draper Road)
The Odd Fellows Hall, 1905 (203 Gilbert Street)
The Bennett House, ca. 1912 (303 Wilson Avenue)
Old Town Hall, ca. 1920 (141 Jackson Street)
The Armory, 1936 (201 Draper Road)
The Blacksburg Motor Company(formerly Doc Roberts Tire), 1924 (400 South Main Street)

The headquarters of the Blacksburg Museum will ultimately be housed in the Alexander Black House on Draper Road, an 1897 Queen Anne Victorian home once belonging to Alexander Black, a descendant of our town's founder, William Black. The Town of Blacksburg and the Town Council-appointed Museum Committee are currently working on raising the necessary funds to restore the home to its original integrity while creating a suitable museum space. Once completed, the Blacksburg Museum will present programs and exhibits about the entire history of the Town of Blacksburg. Interactive exhibitions and exciting educational programs will allow visitors to understand and identify with the Town's fascinating history while community meeting spaces will allow groups and individuals to hold events in the historic home.

In addition to the Alexander Black House, the committee is also restoring the Odd Fellows Hall. Built in 1905, the Odd Fellows Hall was an important place in the African American community of New Town in Blacksburg, hosting social events and serving as a meeting location for
benevolent organizations like the Grand United Order of the Odd Fellows and Independent Order of Saint Luke. The hall was donated to the Town of Blacksburg in the summer of 2005 by its trustees, Beatrice Walker, Walter Lewis, and Aubrey Mills, who remain active in planning for the future of the building. The property will be restored in 2008 and dedicated to collecting, preserving, and presenting the contributions of African American citizens to the larger Blacksburg community. The Odd Fellows Hall was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in the summer of 2005. The Odd Fellows Hall is located on Gilbert Street near the intersection of Prices Fork Road and Main Street in Blacksburg.

As the Blacksburg Museum awaits restoration of these two historic structures, it strives to fulfill its mission through traveling exhibitions, an historic lecture series co-sponsored by Smithfield Plantation, Circa the Blacksburg Museum Quarterly Newsletter, and other educational programs highlighting Blacksburg’s unique and cherished history.

1. Alexander Black House photo courtesy John Kline, Gentry Studios
2. Odd Fellows Hall photo courtesy Matt Gentry, Roanoke Times
3. Kentlands, subject of a lecture sponsored by Blacksburg Museum and Smithfield Plantation