{"nrhp_refnum":"73002207","name":"Danville Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":["See Also: Langhorne House","Vdhr #108-0056"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Main, Green, and Paxton Sts., and Memorial Hospital","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville (Independent City)","county":"Danville","state":"VA","lat":36.581802148000065,"lon":-79.40102183917205,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 110-acre historic district in Danville, Virginia, centered on Main and West Main Streets and the residential streets to the east, with buildings dating from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district holds perhaps the finest and most concentrated collection of Victorian and Edwardian residential architecture in Virginia. The houses reflect Danville's late nineteenth-century prosperity from tobacco and textiles, when much of the state was in depression. It also includes the Sutherlin Mansion, the last official residence of Jefferson Davis in 1865.","narrative":"Danville's historic district covers about 110 acres along Main and West Main Streets and the quieter residential blocks to the east. Its buildings span the full range of styles used in the city, from two early nineteenth-century houses to Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Romanesque, Eastlake, Queen Anne and Beaux Arts examples of the early twentieth century. The nomination calls it perhaps the finest concentration of Victorian and Edwardian houses in Virginia. Much of this building followed the post-Civil War tobacco trade, including the auction warehouse method begun by Thomas Neal in the 1850s, and the textile mills founded in 1882 by the Schoolfield brothers and Thomas Fitzgerald. Notable houses include the Penn-Wyatt house of 1876 at 862 Main Street and the Schoolfield-Compson House at 844 Main Street. The Sutherlin Mansion served as Jefferson Davis's last official residence in 1865. Churches, a hospital, a college and offices mix with homes, and many houses remain in use as residences. Historic district zoning protects the area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Romanesque, Eastlake, Queen Anne, French Renaissance Revival and Beaux Arts","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated good; structural conditions and environmental quality are mostly excellent, with deficient structures concentrated on Green Street, part of Pine Street and a block of Jefferson. Uses are residential, institutional, office and a small commercial area. Later correspondence describes a proposed Route 86 highway extension that would remove several houses.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.10162-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/6803/41680373/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002207.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002207/b6a47f22a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002207/b6a47f22a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Street_United_Methodist_Church,_Danville_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Street_United_Methodist_Church,_Danville_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville_Historic_District_(Danville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5221369"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/danville/danville-historic-district-additional-documentation-73002207/"}