Danville, PA II (1/3/2023)

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (continued)

Now to turn on Mill Street to continue the historic and architectural tour in Danville, PA.

Montour County Courthouse at 253 Mill Street
(1871, by Charles Wetzel in Italianate style)

A Montour Ridge iron ore mine car as a tribute to the
men who worked in the mines, and to those who
developed the first iron "T" rail in America

 

Former Bank of Danville at 315 Mill Street (1881)

325 Mill Street (early 1800s, in Federal style)
was the first brick home built in Danville

363 Mill Street (c 1920, in Art Deco style)

407 Mill Street (1919, as a recreational facility
for the female employees of a silk mill)

437 Mill Street (1920, in Italianate style)

453 Mill Street (1872, as the City Hotel,
concrete façade added in 1920s)

463 Mill Street (1922, as the Masonic Lodge
in Classical Revival style) is the Borough Hall

Overbite IPA at the Old Forge Brewing
company where we had an early dinner

A beer mug "carousel" and rack

615 Mill Street (c 1869, as the Union Hotel
in Italianate style)

General William Montgomery House at 11 Bloom Street
(1792, in Federal style)

Mural (2013, by Jo Pennypacker) on
Bloom Street at Mill Street, depicts Danville's
iron heritage and the Rails to Trails bike path

Former First National Bank at 630 Mill Street
(1923, in Classical Revival style)

608 Mill Street (1970, in Italianate style)

Mural (c 2014, by Jon Laidacker) at 558 Mill Street,
depicts a blend from the 1900s to today in a street scene

Remnant of the North Branch Canal (1828-1832),
used for shipping coal and "T" rails

Post Office at 410 Mill Street (1939)

Keystone Building at 362-364 Mill Street
(late 1800s, in Italianate style)

Baldy House at 338 Mill Street (1870)

Mahoning Presbyterian Church at
352 Ferry Street (1853, in Greek Revival style))

Thomas Beaver Free Library and YMCA at
317 Ferry Street (1886, by Charles Wetzel) was built
with Ohio gray stone with granite trimmings
and Scotch granite columns; now just the library

58 East Market Street (c 1870, in Second Empire style)
was built with green-tinged stone and granite

Former Reading Railroad Station at 712 Railroad Street
(1876 in Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition
in Fairmount Park, moved to Danville in late 1800s)

Next: Angelica, NY.