{"nrhp_refnum":"09000334","name":"Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"209 and 215 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville","county":"Danville","state":"VA","lat":36.58828506200007,"lon":-79.38973803599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining two-story brick commercial buildings at 209 and 215 Main Street in Danville, Virginia, added to an existing tobacco warehouse and residential historic district. They are thought to date to the late nineteenth century and were given new facades about 1920.","why_significant":"The buildings relate to the commercial development of Danville's tobacco warehouse district and resemble other commercial buildings on adjacent streets in the district. Their ca. 1920 Georgian Revival/Craftsman facades illustrate the architecture of the period. They were first owned by Pickett Scott, an African American businessman, and later by Jacob Silverman, a clothier from Danville's Jewish mercantile community.","narrative":"Two neighboring two-story brick commercial buildings at 209 and 215 Main Street in Danville, Virginia, were added to the Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District. Both are thought to date to the late nineteenth century, but their most visible features come from a circa 1920 remodeling that gave them Georgian Revival and Craftsman facades with textured brick, concrete, and terra-cotta ornament. The rear elevations were altered in the early 1970s when Patton Street was realigned, and a rear facade was added to 215 Main in 2008. Early maps show the lots belonged to Pickett Scott, an African American businessman who settled in Danville after the Civil War. Uses over time included a general store, grocery, barber shop, billiard parlor, rooming house, and funeral home. Jacob Silverman, a clothier, acquired the buildings in 1920 and 1936. They were included because they reflect the commercial growth of the district and match nearby commercial buildings.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1875-ca. 1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian Revival; Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"209 Main houses a beauty salon; 215 Main was vacant as of September 2008 after housing an audio shop and then a restaurant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.420538-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/6803/41680381/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000334.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000334/54ce169087-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000334/54ce169087-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danville_Tobacco_District_HD_HABS_VA1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Danville_Tobacco_District_HD_HABS_VA1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680381","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville_Tobacco_Warehouse_and_Residential_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15212779"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/danville/danville-tobacco-warehouse-and-residential-historic-district-boundary-increase-09000334/"}