City Directories and History: The Yorkville Enquirer reported on April 13, 1892 – “Mr. A.W. Osborne is building a handsome cottage at the corner of Pine and York Streets. Bridges and Blalock has the contract.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on May 11, 1892 – “Mr. A.W. Osborne is again engaged in the manufacture of bricks.”
Perhaps one of the oldest homes in Blacksburg, the Ross home was built in the 1880’s or early 1890’s by Jacob B. Ross. Ross, a Confederate Veteran, moved to Blacksburg in 1878 and operated a saloon. He was very instrumental in the railroad coming through Blacksburg, especially the Three C’s line. A former member of the Ku Klux Klan, Ross was elected the first sheriff of Cherokee County in 1897, a position he would hold for ten years.
For almost half of the twentieth century, the house would remain in the Ross Family. In 1947, the home was placed on the market and purchased by George W. Bridges, a renowned businessman in the town. Bridges operated a lumberyard located on Wilbur Street with his brother, J.H. Bridges. Many of the updated features to the home were apparently added at that time.
The home would remain in the Bridges family until the 1990’s when it was purchased by Joseph Alexander, who still occupies the home in 2016, with his family.
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