Dumas Center for Artistic & Cultural Development

Adaptive and reuse development of a 90-year-old historic hotel where celebrated African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux resided in the 1920s. Hotel rooms were transformed into offices and a performing arts center to be owned/operated by Roanoke Total Action Against Poverty.

The Roanoke Total Action Against Poverty group is a well-respected Roanoke-area social service agency. The fresh face of the Dumas Center can be viewed directly across the street from the former Strand Theater, now the Claude Moore Education Complex.