The 1930s Lorillard storage complex in Danville was added to the National Register on January 9, 2026.
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Recent civic investment connected to riverfront redevelopment.
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City leaders said in May 2026 that the old school, formerly a Sears store, would be torn down for middle-income housing.
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The 10-story Masonic Temple on South Union Street, dormant for nearly two decades, is slated for conversion into a hotel.
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A January 2025 securities filing said the Danville plant would shift to rubber mixing and aviation tires, cutting about 850 positions.
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The 1962 International Style school, later renamed W. Townes Lea Elementary, was listed nationally in April 2025.
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Winslow Hospital, built in 1940 as the city's hospital for Black patients, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 2024.
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A major modern economic-development event for the city.
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Regional Timeline
The 1930s Lorillard storage complex in Danville was added to the National Register on January 9, 2026.
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Recent civic investment connected to riverfront redevelopment.
Danville
City leaders said in May 2026 that the old school, formerly a Sears store, would be torn down for middle-income housing.
Danville
The 10-story Masonic Temple on South Union Street, dormant for nearly two decades, is slated for conversion into a hotel.
Danville
A January 2025 securities filing said the Danville plant would shift to rubber mixing and aviation tires, cutting about 850 positions.
Danville
The 1962 International Style school, later renamed W. Townes Lea Elementary, was listed nationally in April 2025.
Danville
Winslow Hospital, built in 1940 as the city's hospital for Black patients, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 2024.
Danville
A major modern economic-development event for the city.
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The Danville newspaper reduced its printed edition to Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and moved delivery to the mail.
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The city's June 2023 master plan counts about 834 residential units in the old mill village.
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A temporary casino opened in Danville in May 2023 while the permanent Caesars Virginia resort was built next door at Schoolfield.
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Caesars Entertainment held a groundbreaking on August 11, 2022, on the former Dan River Mills finishing plant site.
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All Danville police operations moved to the former Dan River Inc. headquarters on August 30, 2022, in an $18 million renovation.
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After 44 years in the USA South conference, Averett began ODAC competition in 2022-23.
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Caesars Virginia project revised to a $650 million resort with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
2022
In August 2022 Caesars and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians announced a joint venture and construction began on the Danville resort.
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In April 2022 the Danville Otterbots held a ribbon-cutting for a sensory room inside American Legion Field.
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The Danville team that had been the Danville Braves introduced its new name, the Otterbots, on March 16, 2021, as the Appalachian League became a college summer league.
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In late August 2021 NASCAR presented the family of Danville's Wendell Scott a trophy marking his December 1, 1963 win, nearly 58 years after the race.
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Featured Archive
1963 · Danville civil rights boycott and City Hall march
1963 · Danville civil rights demonstrations face violent repression
1963 · Bloody Monday in Danville
1963 · Danville's Wendell Scott wins NASCAR race at Jacksonville
1963 · Danville civil rights demonstrations begin
1951 · Dan River Mills strike begins in Danville
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