750 Main Street--DanvilleOn this site stood the residence of James E. Schoolfield. In the parlor of his house were held the meetings to organize both Dan River, Inc. on July 2... [click for more]
Bloody MondayIn the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and d... [click for more]
Confederate Prison No. 6Constructed in 1855 as a tobacco factory by Major William T. Sutherlin, this renovated structure housed Union prisoners during the Civil War, 1861-186... [click for more]
Danville SystemOn this site stood Neal's Warehouse where the Danville System of selling tobacco began in 1858. Previously tobacco had been sold by sample from hogshe... [click for more]
Dix’s FerryIn 1766 John Dix established his ferry approximately three miles south of here on the Dan River. During the American Revolution, in February 1781, the... [click for more]
Frederick Delius--(1862-1934)One block west on Church Street is the site of the Henry P. Richardson house where Frederick Delius lived while teaching music at Roanoke Female Colle... [click for more]
Holbrook-Ross Historic DistrictThe Holbrook-Ross Historic District, named for two major streets, is significant as the first neighborhood in Danville for African American profession... [click for more]
Last Confederate CapitolThis, the former home of Major W. T. Sutherlin, is regarded as the last capitol of the Confederacy, April 3-10, 1865. Here President Davis stayed and ... [click for more]
Saponi Religious Beliefs ExplainedOn 12-15 October 1728, Col. William Byrd II and his party camped just west of here while surveying the Virginia-North Carolina boundary. Bearskin, Byr... [click for more]
The Gibson Girl ~ Lady Astor(Obverse:)
Lady Astor
Here stood the home in which Nancy Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, 1879-1964, was born. Built in 1874, the house was move... [click for more]
Wreck of the Old 97Here, on September 27, 1903, occurred the railroad wreck that inspired the popular ballad, The Wreck of the Old 97. The southbound mail express train ... [click for more]