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Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District

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VLR #
  
108-0013, 108-0123

Area
  
48 ha

Added to NRHP
  
May 11, 2000

Year built
  
1882

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Location
  
Both sides of Dan River roughly bounded by Union St. Dam, Main St. Bridge, and Riverside and Memorial Drs., Danville, Virginia

Built by
  
Aberthaw Construction Co.; Lockwood, Greene & Company

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival, Gothic Revival

NRHP Reference #
  
00000480 (original) 10000095 (increase)

Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District and Dan River Mill No. 8 is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 23 contributing buildings and 13 contributing structures in the city of Danville. The district includes buildings and structures associated with the Riverside Division, one of two historic textile mill complexes in Danville developed by Dan River Inc. and its predecessor, Riverside Cotton Mills. The building and structures are characterized by multistory industrial buildings of mostly brick construction dating from the 1880s through the 1910s. Dan River Mill No. 8 is a four-story, reinforced concrete building constructed in the 1920s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, with a boundary increase in 2010. It was delisted in 2016.

References

Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District Wikipedia