Dan River Inc. Riverside Division Historic District | |
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Dan River Mills, May 2010 | |
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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 |
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| Coordinates | 36°35′31″N 79°23′32″W / 36.59194°N 79.39222°W |
| Area | 118.7 acres (48.0 ha) |
| Built | 1882 |
| Built by | Aberthaw Construction Co.; Lockwood, Greene & Company |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000480 (original) 10000095[1] (increase) |
| VLR No. | 108-0013, 108-0123 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 11, 2000 |
| Boundary increase | March 24, 2010 |
| Designated VLR | July 20, 1999, September 17, 2009[2] |
| Removed from NRHP | July 29, 2016 |
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.[3][4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, with a boundary increase in 2010.[1] It was delisted in 2016.
The Riverside Division of the company, site of the former Riverside Cotton Mills was constructed by its long time president and founder T.B. Fitzgerald.
