In an unprecedented Christmas-time fundraiser, the campaign succeeded, raising $5.006 million. By late fall, the campaign was still short $1 million. Virginia Tech had set a deadline of Decemto have enough money. In 1992, the "Renew Roanoke" campaign was launched to raise enough money to reopen the hotel. Sale of the contents began and continued for 17 days. After the flag lowering ceremony on November 30, the hotel was closed. In 1989, Norfolk Southern deeded the Hotel Roanoke to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) for $65,000 (USD). After the strike was concluded, the hotel refused to recall 36 of the striking workers but was ordered to reinstate them when the National Labor Relation Board found that their dismissal violated labor law. In 1983, employees of Hotel Roanoke went on strike for 6 months after union negotiations broke down. In 1954, the same firm designed a small addition at the rear of the 1938 main wing, giving the hotel its present form. In 1946, the 1916 east wing was demolished and replaced with a larger wing designed by Small, Smith and Reeb, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Post and Sons, renowned for their hotel designs across the country. The new main wing was designed by Knut W. The hotel was completely transformed in 1938, when the 1890/1898 main wing was demolished and replaced with the central wing that stands today, with its tower and the hotel's lobby and public rooms. The small 1931 wing, at the rear of the present hotel, is the oldest surviving portion of the structure. In 1931, the surviving original 1882 wing was demolished and replaced. In 1916, the last remaining portion of the 1882 structure was moved to the rear of the hotel so a new wing could be added in its place, on the eastern side of the hotel, designed by the Roanoke firm of Frye and Chesterman. The hotel was restored and reopened in January, 1899. In July, 1898, a fire started in the kitchen which burned down the second and third stories of the 1890 main wing and shut down the hotel for several months.
A new main wing was added on the western side in 1890, replacing the central portion of the 1882 structure. Pearson in the Tudor Revival style and officially opened on Christmas Day, 1882. The hotel was designed by Philadelphia architect George T. The original structure of the Hotel Roanoke was built in 1882 by the Norfolk and Western Railway (now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway), which had recently constructed its administrative offices in the city, bringing in over a thousand railroad workers. 1890/1898 main wing on the left, 1882 wing on the right
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