The Fithian House is a historic house located at 116 N. Gilbert St. in Danville, Vermilion County Illinois. The Italianate house was built in 1855 for William Fithian. Fithian was a physician and a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate. In addition, Fithian donated land for and was the namesake of Fithian, Illinois, a Vermilion County village located west of Danville. Abraham Lincoln was a close friend of Fithian's, and while visiting Danville during his 1858 senatorial campaign, he stayed in the house and gave a speech from its second-floor balcony.
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| Location | 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 40°7′39″N 87°38′10″W / 40.12750°N 87.63611°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1855 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002060[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 1, 1975 |
The house is now part of the Vermilion County Museum, a history museum which exhibits both the house's period interior and displays on local history and historical figures in a separate building.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Collison, John E. (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fithian House" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-22. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
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