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East Main Street circa 1910 Elks' Club, YMCA, Carnegie Library (now museum) circa 1920. The area that is now Danville was once home to the Miami, Kickapoo, and Potawatomi tribes of Native Americans. [5] [6] Danville was founded in 1827 on 60 acres (240,000 m 2) of land donated by Guy W. Smith and 20 acres (81,000 m 2) donated by Dan W. Beckwith ...
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The Vermilion County Administration Building, formerly known as the United States Post Office and Court House, is a historic federal building located at 201 North Vermilion Street in Danville, Illinois. The building was built in 1911 to serve as Danville's post office and a district courthouse for the Eastern District of Illinois.
Danville Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,113 and it contained 13,913 housing units. [ 2 ] Danville Area Community College and the Illinois Department Of Corrections Danville Correctional Facility are in this township.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
The Stone Arch Bridge is a bridge in Danville, Illinois, which carries U.S. Route 136 (US 136; East Main Street) across Stony Creek. The segmental arch bridge is 92 feet (28 m) long and built with sandstone. The bridge was built in the 1890s to facilitate Danville's expansion during an industrial boom.
Tilton is a village in Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,976 at the 2000 census, down to 2,724 in 2010 [4] and down to 2,660 in 2020. [3] It is named after Charles Tilton, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who worked for the railroads ...
The First National Bank Building, known locally as the Bresee Tower, is a historic bank building at 2-4 N. Vermilion Street in Danville, Illinois.The building was constructed in 1918 for the First National Bank, which was established in 1857 and had operated in another building at the same site since 1867.