Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Danville Public Library, also known as the William T Sutherlin Mansion and the Confederate Memorial, is a historic home and library 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 house later became the Danville Public Library and Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. In August 2015, the Danville city council voted to remove the Third National flag of the Confederacy from the lawn of the building.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It is located in the Danville Historic District."@en }
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- Danville_Public_Library_(Danville,_Virginia) abstract "Danville Public Library, also known as the William T Sutherlin Mansion and the Confederate Memorial, is a historic home and library 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 house later became the Danville Public Library and Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. In August 2015, the Danville city council voted to remove the Third National flag of the Confederacy from the lawn of the building.The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. It is located in the Danville Historic District.".