Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District

Summary

The Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is the historic campus of a branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Danville, Illinois. The branch, which opened in 1898, was one of eleven branches of the National Home, which formed in 1867 to treat Union soldiers disabled during the Civil War. U.S. Representative and Danville resident Joseph Gurney Cannon used his political influence to establish the Danville Branch, which brought money and jobs to the city. The campus served as both a medical facility and a planned community for the area's veterans, and it included housing, veteran-run shops, community halls, a school and library, and a chapel. Most of these buildings were designed in the Georgian Revival style; however, the library is a Classical Revival building, and the chapel has a Gothic Revival design. The campus also includes the Danville National Cemetery. The buildings remaining on the campus are presently divided between Danville's Veterans Affairs hospital and the Danville Area Community College.[2]

Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is located in Illinois
Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District is located in the United States
Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District
Location1900 and 2000 E. Main St., Danville, Illinois
Coordinates40°7′28″N 87°35′15″W / 40.12444°N 87.58750°W / 40.12444; -87.58750
Area297 acres (120 ha)
Built1898 (1898)
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Georgian Revival, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.91001973[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1992

The campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 30, 1992.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Edwards, Alice; Joseph Gallagher (July 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Danville Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.

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