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Historic house in Illinois, United States United States historic place


Fithian House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	116 N. Gilbert St., Danville, Illinois
Coordinates	40°7′39″N 87°38′10″W / 40.12750°N 87.63611°W / 40.12750; -87.63611
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1855 (1855)
NRHP reference No.	75002060
Added to NRHP	May 1, 1975

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.

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.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1975.

References

^ "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.

External links

Vermilion County Museum

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