National Register of Historic Places - Virginia (VA), Danville County

Danville County Virginia has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 8 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Danville National Cemetery, Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District, Dan River Mill No. 8, Danville Historic District and Danville Public Library.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Archaic, Saura and Woodland dating back to 1750.

The famous person Lady Astor is associated with one of more of the Danville County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Danville County places including Aberthaw Construction Co., Greene & Co. Lockwood, William H. Poindexter, unknown, H.A. Underwood, Heard and Chesterman, Fuqua Construction Co., Cardwell & Craighill Heard, Aberthaw Construction Company and J.R. Pleasants. Prominent architectural styles found in Danville Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Gothic Revival.

Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District (added 2000 - - #00000480)

Also known as VDHR Site No. 108-0013

Both sides of Dan River roughly bounded by Union St. Dam, Main St. Bridge, and Riverside and Memorial Drs. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Aberthaw Construction Co., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local, State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, Manufacturing Facility, Pedestrian Related, Research Facility, Road-Related, Specialty Store, Water Works

Current Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape, Transportation, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Parking Lot, Road-Related

Dan River Mill No. 8 (added 2009 - - #09000923)

Also known as White Mill

424 Memorial Dr. , Danville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lockwood, Greene & Co.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival, Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related, Water Works

Current Function:

Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Dan River Mill No. 8 (Boundary Increase) (added 2010 - - #10000095)

Also known as DHR #108-0123, White Mill

424 Memorial Dr. , Danville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lockwood, Greene & Company, Aberthaw Construction Company

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Health Care, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Clinic, Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Road-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Danville Historic District (added 1973 - - #73002207)

Also known as See Also: Langhorne House

Roughly bounded by Main, Green, and Paxton Sts., and Memorial Hospital , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Gothic Revival, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Industry, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Danville Municipal Building (added 1995 - - #95000896)

Also known as VDHR File No. 108-111-71;See also; Downtown Danville Histori

418 Patton St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fuqua Construction Co., Heard and Chesterman

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Government Office

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Danville National Cemetery (added 1995 - - #95000274)

Also known as DHR File No. 108-57

721 Lee St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery

Current Function:

Funerary

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery

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Danville Public Library (added 1969 - - #69000338)

Also known as Sutherlin House

975 Main St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italian Villa

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Library

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Danville Southern Railway Passenger Depot (added 1995 - - #95000895)

Also known as VDHR File No. 108-58-12;See also:Downtown Danville Historic

701 Craghead St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Graham, R.B., Milburn, Frank P.

Architectural Style:

Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Rail-Related

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Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District (added 1982 - - #82004552)

Off U.S. 58 , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Industry, Architecture, Prehistoric, Commerce, Social History

Cultural Affiliation:

Archaic, Saura, Woodland

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Warehouse

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Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2009 - - #09000334)

209 and 215 Main St. , Danville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

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Downtown Danville Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000830)

Also known as VDHR File No.l 108-11;See Also:Hotel Danville;Danville Munic

Roughly bounded by Memorial Dr. and High, Patton and Ridge Sts. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival, Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Social History, Politics/Government, Black, Architecture, Commerce, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal, Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Financial Institution, Government Office, Manufacturing Facility, Post Office, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Government Office, Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Post Office, Specialty Store

Holbrook--Ross Street Historic District (added 1997 - - #97001404)

Also known as Holbrook, Ross, Maury, Roberts, John, Doe, and Gay Streets;D

Roughly bounded by Holbrook, Ross, Gay, and Maury Sts. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pleasants, J.R., Hargraves, John

Architectural Style:

Italianate, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Black, Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Commerce, Education, Religion

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store, Library, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Department Store, Library, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling

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Hotel Danville (added 1984 - - #84000658)

Also known as Municipal Building and City Market;VHLC File No. 108-27

600 Main St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Poindexter,William H., Underwood,H.A.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce, Communications

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Specialty Store, Theater

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

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Hylton Hall (added 2009 - - #09000726)

Also known as VDR 108-5065-0082

700 Lanier Ave. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Heard, Cardwell & Craighill

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing, Multiple Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Langhorne House (added 2006 - - #05001586)

Also known as VDHR file no. 108-0064, Gwynn Apartments

117 Broad St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

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Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church South (added 1990 - - #90001822)

Also known as Main Street United Methodist Church;DHR File No. 108-63

767 Main St. , Danville (independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Heard,J.Bryant

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Penn-Wyatt House (added 1979 - - #79003317)

Also known as Hoffman House

862 Main St. , Danville (Independent City)

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Second Empire, Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Schoolfield School Complex (added 2009 - - #09000392)

Also known as 108-5065-0081

31 Baltimore Ave. , Danville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Pettit, Charles G. Jr.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Prairie School

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Schoolfield Welfare Building (added 2011 - - #11000064)

917 W Main St, Danville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

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