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ELIAS M. HERRINGDON

Elias Mark Herringdon, senior member of the contracting
firm of Herringdon & Normoyle, with offices
in the National Exchange Bank Building, was born in
Fauquier County, Virginia,
December 8th,
1870. As a boy he attended
the public
schools of his native
county, and in 1895, located
in Roanoke, Virginia,
accepting a position
with the Norfolk
& Western Shops. After
two years with the Norfolk
& Western he resigned
and went to
Washington, D. C.,
where he entered the
government service.
Later he began
the contracting business,
and in 1905 returned to
Roanoke, where he has
since been actively engaged in contracting and building.
In 1908 he entered into a partnership with Frank Normoyle,
a practical contractor for masonry, concrete
work, grading, etc. This combination makes a strong
firm, ready at any time to furnish estimates on every
kind of contract work in the building line.

Mr. Herringdon superintends all construction work
done by the firm, which now has under erection the
handsome new Masonic Temple Building on Henry
Street, which, when completed, will be one of the handsomest
business structures in the city.

He resides with his interesting family at No. 1510
Franklin Road, Southwest.