For much of the 20th century, this house with a polygonal tower was identified with the Tullochs, members of whose family lived here for some 65 years.

It dates, however, from the mid-1890s when the structure was completed for Waverly P. Cousins on what was then county farmland, just beyond the city limits on the Greensboro Road.  At the time such an asymmetrical design, in the mode of the late-Victorian Queen Anne, might have been touted by contractors as a "comfortable suburban dwelling."

Mr. Cousins was one of the tidal wave of folks who came to Danville at the end of reconstruction, lured from Chesterfield County by well-founded rumors of the town's tobacco prosperity.  After his arrival in 1880, he joined the J. N. Wyllie Company, then the Virginia-Carolina Tobacco Company, later known as the P. B. Gravely Tobacco Company at the time he died in 1914.  Judging from city directories, it is apparent that Mr. Cousins lived here with his family for about 20 years until his death.  His wife, the former Mary Herndon of Danville, remained at this address until her death late in 1917.

In settlement of the estate for the Cousins children—Winifred, Waverly H., Kathleen and Mary—the property was sold in 1920 to John S. Tulloch, a real estate agent originally from Caswell County, North Carolina.  His descendents retained the property until two of the Tulloch children, Hetty and John W. Tulloch, sold it in 1985 to the first in a series of owners to reside here over the past 20 years.

Since March of 2004, the old Cousins-Tulloch House has been home to Stephen and Judy Salamon.  Not long ago, the Salamons completed exterior work on the house, now painted simply in gray and white.  Inside, jewel-toned walls accented by original paneled wainscot and other trim, all painted white, reflect in the polished floors.  Displayed throughout are eclectic items acquired by the Salamons, both inveterate collectors.

Decorations for this holiday tour will include a number of interesting pieces for the observance of Hanukkah.