2nd Annual Walking Tour Archive – Danville Historical Society
| Historic Designation: | The Sutherlin House |
| Address: | 975 Main Street |
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| Description: | “Last Capitol of the Confederacy”. Built in 1858 by Major Wm. T. Sutherlin - Italianate villa style. Upstairs - U.D.C. quarters, table on which Jefferson Davis signed last official resolution as President of the Confederacy, other Civil War relics. Gallery headquarters of Danville Chapter, Virginia Museum (former chiIdren’s library in basement) exhibit of works by several Danville artists, arranged by Miss Lucille Walton. |