They're Creepy and They're Kooky...
This is one of the many, many beautiful houses mansions along Danville's Main Street which is known as Millionaire's Row. It is the largest collection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture in the...
View ArticleBe. Different.
Walking along some of the brick-layed streets off Main Street in Danville, I liked how this one brick was sticking out and being a bit different. I really enjoyed the contrast with the rest of the...
View ArticleMore fun than watching paint dry
Many of the buildings in Danville, despite having some gorgeous architecture, are not always kept up. The economic downturn this city has had over the past few decades with the departure of some major...
View ArticleFields of Green
Tobacco Fields in Pittsylvania CountyWhat would Danville be without tobacco? Probably not much but a small town on a river. For that matter, what would most of the colonial United States be without...
View ArticleSidewalk Attack!
Walking around the Historic West End, I came across this tree and it's slow domination over the sidewalk. Really, I just liked how it looked...kind of a fight between the tree that (I'm sure) has been...
View ArticleBack to Nature
Now on to a different part of town. Due to Danville's Tobacco Heritage there is a large distrcit that is full of old tobacco warehouses. Many of these have been repurposed into offices or condominiums,...
View ArticleDO NOT BLOCK SIDEWALK
I kinda liked the washed out look of this sign that surely has been here for decades. It sits on an abandoned building in the Tobacco Warehouse District. I wonder if anyone actually even notices it.
View ArticleBridge over the River Dan
This bridge is an old railroad truss that has been repurposed as a part of the Riverwalk Trail--an 8-mile trail along the Dan River. It originally was part of a railroad that connected with Richmond,...
View ArticleChurch...Psych!
This is the Main Street Methodist Church in Danville....sort of.In reality, this is no longer a church but the Danville Main Street Preservation Center (the tower and building in the background) which...
View ArticleCourtyard Entrance
On my never-ending quest to find good photos of Danville, I found myself walking by an area in the Tobacco Warehouse District where some friends of mine used to live. I loved the little walkway under...
View ArticleHead Toward The Light!
Today I'm showing you an entirely different tunnel/walkway than yesterday's photo. Off Main Street there is a building that has been in the process of renovation ever since I moved here. (I'm sure the...
View ArticleBridge....Not.
What looks like a cool archway to invite you to walk or drive across the Worsham Street Bridge is...well a bit of a misnomer. You see, there is no bridge.The Worsham Street Bridge opened back in the...
View ArticleSCIENCE!
The Danville Science Center is one of those interactive Science Museums that are geared mainly for children. I've yet to go in, but this very modern building sits in what is becoming Danville's...
View ArticleBringing Back The Past, One (Cobble)Stone at a Time
Cobblestones line Bridge Street in the slowly revitalizing Warehouse District. I honestly am not sure if these are new stones or if they are older original ones that have just been stripped of the...
View ArticleFenced In
Nothing special for today, just a faux wrought iron fence surrounding the local Epsicopilian Church and the private school that is attached to it. All in all it's a pretty large complex on the corner...
View ArticleFire! (Escape)
One thing I wondered when I was a kid (ok, and also up until a few years ago until the answer dawned on me) was why some gorgeous buildings with ornate architecture have these hideous fire escapes that...
View ArticleGoing Postal
Above you have the Danville Post Office and Courthouse. There is, of course, another courthouse in Danville (which we will see someday in the future), but this one is particularly imposing. It has that...
View ArticleThe Door of Mystery
I really liked the contrast of the green door with the old red brick surrounding it. It reminds me in a way of this house in Seattle. Located near the Warehouse District, there is a U-shaped cut out in...
View ArticleHighway
Sorry about the radio silence the past few weeks. But Danville Daily Photo is back up and running with a bunch of new pictures. Like this one.There is a "central artery" that runs through Danville...
View ArticleLayers of History
I absolutely love this photo. There are four different paving styles that have been uncovered by the lack of upkeep on this road. Original abstractly-cut cobblestones, local straightforward brick, and...
View ArticleFixer-Upper
Many (Dare I say most?) of the houses in Danville are in poor shape. Years of neglect and a relatively stagnant economy have led to abandomnent, condemning, and blight. There are, however, here and...
View ArticleTwin Houses
These two houses aren't exacly twins, but in the Old West End on Jefferson Avenue, these two hosues stick out as having some unique architecture. The details are what really distinguish themselves....
View ArticleGraffiti
This is my first (of hopefully many) Theme Days here at DanvilleDailyPhoto. Honestly, with as much as this town seems to be on the blighted side, I honestly had to hunt for some graffiti. Click here to...
View ArticleSee it while you still can...
This is not a house but an old hospital. In fact, it was the first public hospital in the city of Danville dating all the way back to 1903! It hasn't been used as a hospital in ages and a fire that...
View ArticleDrink Coke! Buy Groceries!
An old advert for Coca-Cola and Norton & Holley Wholesale Groceries on the back of a building. I can't find much about the Grocers but, as we all know, Coke is still alive and well. I really love...
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