Holbrooks–Ross Street Historic District Explained

Holbrook–Ross Street Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:July 2, 1997[1]
Designated Other1 Number:108-0180
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Roughly bounded by Holbrook, Ross, Gay, and Maury Sts., Danville, Virginia
Coordinates:36.5878°N -79.4031°W
Architect:Hargraves, John; Pleasants, J.R.
Architecture:Italianate, Queen Anne
Added:November 18, 1997
Refnum:97001404

Holbrook–Ross Street Historic District is a national historic district located in Danville, Virginia. The district includes 107 contributing buildings in a primarily African-American neighborhood of Danville. It includes a full range of late 19th and early 20th century residential, commercial, and institutional structures. The majority of the houses are single-family dwellings that were built between 1880 and 1910, and includes notable examples of vernacular Italianate and Queen Anne styles. Notable buildings include the Williams House (c. 1890), Hargraves-Geary House (c. 1890), Tisden House (c. 1930), Leroy Johnson House (c. 1940), Broadnax Apartment (c. 1930), Calvary Baptist Church (1896), Holbrook Street Presbyterian Church (c. 1910), Loyal Baptist Church (1924), Wesley AME Church (1939), Westmoreland Middle School (1936), and the Annex Building (1925). Located in the district are the separately listed Hotel Danville and the Danville Municipal Building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Holbrook–Ross Street Historic District . Alison Stone Blanton . January 1997 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map