1st Annual Walking Tour Archive – Danville Historical Society
| Historic Designation: | Schoolfield-Compson House |
| Address: | 944 Main Street |
| 1972 Owners: | Mrs. and Mrs. R. N. Compson. |
| Description: | Built 1864 by John H. Schoolfield, a founder of Dan River Mills, stands as one of Danville’s finest and most perfectly preserved High Victorian Italianate mansions. Notice cast iron porch. Appears in “Architecture of Virginia” by William O’Neal. Original pine double doors, marble mantels, frieze work made in Paris. |