United States Post Office and Court House

Danville, United States

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Located at 201 North Vermilion Street in Danville, Illinois, this Renaissance Revival limestone building was constructed in 1911 as a United States Post Office and Court House serving the Eastern District of Illinois. Designed under the direction of Treasury Supervising Architect James Knox Taylor, who favored classically inspired styles, the structure features a symmetrical façade with arched windows, corner entrance pavilions, a dentillated cornice above the second floor, and roof-line pediments. The U-shaped interior showcases wood and marble ornamentation with terrazzo floors. Originally housing the post office on its first floor and federal court operations on the upper two floors, the building's federal use declined after 1988 and largely ended in 2013. In 2017, ownership transferred to Vermilion County, which relocated administrative offices into the building the following year; the former courtroom now serves as the meeting space for the Vermilion County Board. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.