ROANOKE, Va. – Friends of Mountain View and the city of Roanoke have joined forces to restore the historic Fishburn Mansion and its surrounding grounds, aiming to bring new life to the early 1900s property once home to the prominent Fishburn family.
The mansion, along with the greenhouse, cottage, chicken coop, and grounds, will undergo extensive renovations estimated to cost around $6 million. The mansion alone is expected to require about $3 million for a major overhaul.
Terry McGuire, vice mayor of Roanoke, said the property was left to the city in 1955 after Junius Fishburn passed away. “They were left to the city under the condition that the land and the building be used as a recreational facility and a park,” he explained…