{"nrhp_refnum":"95000274","name":"Danville National Cemetery","other_names":["DHR File No. 108-57"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"721 Lee St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville (Independent City)","county":"Danville","state":"VA","lat":36.58620333600004,"lon":-79.38911060899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Danville National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery at 721 Lee Street in the independent city of Danville, Virginia, established in December 1866 on about 3.5 acres. It has a stone perimeter wall, a 1928 superintendent's lodge and several small service buildings.","why_significant":"The cemetery is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Civil War. It holds the remains of Union prisoners of war who died in the Confederate prison in Danville's tobacco warehouses. It is part of the Civil War Era National Cemeteries multiple property group.","narrative":"Danville National Cemetery occupies about 3.5 acres on Lee Street in Danville, Virginia, enclosed by a four-foot stone wall and entered through wrought iron gates. Established in 1866, it was first used to bury Union soldiers who died as prisoners of war in the Confederate prison, which was housed in seven tobacco warehouses nearby. Pneumonia, chronic diarrhea and a scurvy-like illness caused most of the deaths. Records show 1,170 known and 143 unknown Civil War burials, a total also inscribed on a cannon monument. Soldiers came from many state regiments and the U.S. Colored Troops. Four group graves in Section K hold American servicemen who died in 1944 and 1945 and were reburied from overseas in 1949. The grounds include a Colonial Revival-style brick and stucco lodge built in 1928, a 1934 garage and comfort station, a 1936 gasoline storage building and a 1949 compost pit. It was listed for its Civil War military significance.","period_of_significance":"1866-1936","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still a cemetery; closed to new interments in 1970, though a small number of interments, such as reserved graves and cremated remains, still occur each year.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.722621-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/95000274.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000274/cbc8ee622c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000274/cbc8ee622c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"USVA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Street_entrance_to_Danville_National_Cemetery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">USVA</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_Street_entrance_to_Danville_National_Cemetery.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82004552","name":"Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/danville-tobacco-warehouse-and-residential-district-82004552/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835059","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville_National_Cemetery_(Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5221377"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/danville/danville-national-cemetery-95000274/"}