Built 1855 (1855) Opened 1855 Added to NRHP 1 May 1975 | NRHP Reference # 75002060 Area 400 m² | |
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Location 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville, Illinois | ||
Fithian house il 16801n 518e road
The Fithian House is a historic house located at 116 N. Gilbert St. in Danville, Vermilion County Illinois. The Italianate house was built in 1855 for William Fithian. Fithian was a physician and a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate. In addition, Fithian donated land for and was the namesake of Fithian, Illinois, a Vermilion County village located west of Danville. Abraham Lincoln was a close friend of Fithian's, and while visiting Danville during his 1858 senatorial campaign, he stayed in the house and gave a speech from its second-floor balcony.
The house is now part of the Vermilion County Museum, a history museum which exhibits both the house's period interior and displays on local history and historical figures in a separate building.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1975.