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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18X0_stratford-college_Danville-VA.html
Stratford College (1930-1974) and its constituent preparatory school, Stratford Hall (1930-1964), maintained the tradition of liberal arts education for women begun in 1854 at the Danville Female College. Main hall was built in 1883 to house the D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WY_lady-astor-birthplace_Danville-VA.html
In this house Nancy Witcher Langhorne was born 19 May 1879. As Lady Astor she became the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons, serving from 1919 to 1945. Through the Langhorne family, her roots in Virginia run deep into the Seventeen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WW_the-gibson-girl-lady-astor_Danville-VA.html
(side 1)The Gibson Girl
Here stood the residence in which Irene Langhorne Gibson, 1873-1956 was born. Her beauty, charm, and vivacity captivated the artist Charles Dana Gibson who, following their marriage in 1895, cast his celebrated, style-se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WV_holbrook-ross-historic-district_Danville-VA.html
The Holbrook-Ross Historic District, named for two major streets, is significant as the first neighborhood in Danville for African American professionals. Lawyers, ministers, dentists and physicians, as well as, business owners, insurance agents, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WT_750-main-street_Danville-VA.html
On 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 20, 1882 and the Young Women's Christian Association of Danville on December 19, 1904.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WS_the-worsham-street-bridge_Danville-VA.html
The Worsham Street Bridge was built in 1928 by the Atlantic Bridge Company of Greensboro, North Carolina. Replacing a smaller iron-and-wood bridge from the early 1900s, it was an open-spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge and one of the longest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WP_bloody-monday_Danville-VA.html
In the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and discrimination. On 10 June, two demonstrations occurred. Police clubbed and fire-hosed the marcher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WO_danville-system_Danville-VA.html
On this site stood Neal's Warehouse where the "Danville System" of selling tobacco began in 1858. Previously tobacco had been sold by sample from hogsheads, but under the new system it was sold at auction in open, loose piles so buyers could exami…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WN_loyal-baptist-church_Danville-VA.html
The Loyal Street Baptist Church congregation, which was organized between 1865 and 1866 on Old Hospital-Dance Hill by former slaves, built its church here in 1870. Worship continued at this site until 1924 when the congregation moved to Holbrook S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18WL_danville-tobacco-warehouse-and-residential-district_Danville-VA.html
This area formed the economic core of 19th-century Danville. Founded in 1793 at Wynne's Falls on the Dan River to facilitate tobacco inspection, Danville became a regional center of activity because of the river and later the railroad. Situated in…