Danville Public Library (Danville, Virginia)

Danville Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Sutherlin Mansion, May 2010
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Location	975 Main St., Danville, Virginia
Coordinates	36°34′51″N 79°24′1″W / 36.58083°N 79.40028°W / 36.58083; -79.40028Coordinates: 36°34′51″N 79°24′1″W / 36.58083°N 79.40028°W / 36.58083; -79.40028
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1857 (1857)-1858
Architectural style	Italian Villa
Website	danvillemuseum.org
NRHP Reference #	69000338
VLR #	108-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1969
Designated VLR	May 13, 1969

Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History, also known as the William T Sutherlin Mansion and the Confederate Memorial, is a historic home and museum building located at Danville, Virginia. It was built for Major William T. Sutherlin in 1857-1858, and is a two-story, five-bay, stuccoed building in the Italian Villa style. It features a one-story wooden porch, a shallow hipped roof surrounded by a heavy bracketed cornice and topped by a square cupola ornamented with pilasters and a bracketed cornice.

While at the house, which served as his temporary residence from April 3 to April 10, 1865, on April 4, President Jefferson Davis signed his last official proclamation as President of the Confederate States of America. on April 10, Davis was at dinner at the house when he learned of the surrender at Appomattox.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It is located in the Danville Historic District.