Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District (Boundary Increase)

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.