700 Lanier Ave., Danville (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Danville.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 14, 2009. NRIS 09000726.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Hylton Hall was a historic dormitory building located at Danville, Virginia. It was built about 1918, and was a six-story, five-bay, H-shaped brick and frame building in the Classical Revival style. The front facade featured a full-height entry portico supported by classical columns and the building was topped by a roof with various shapes and pitches. Also on the property was a contributing a one-story shop building built about 1928. It was built as a hotel-style dormitory for single female workers of The Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Incorporated (Dan River Mills). It continued as a residential facility until 1948 when it was converted to offices.
On April 15, 2012, a fire ruled to be arson destroyed Hylton Hall. During demolition, a secret room filled with records from the 1800s until 2004 was located.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680377