Langhorne House
Langhorne House | |
Langhorne House, May 2010 | |
| Location | 117 Broad St., Danville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°34′48″N 79°24′12″W / 36.58000°N 79.40333°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1874, 1878, 1921, 1922 |
| Architectural style | Central Passage, Italianate, Classical Revival |
| Part of | Danville Historic District (ID73002207) |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001586 |
| VLR No. | 108-0064 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 2006 |
| Designated CP | April 11, 1973 |
| Designated VLR | December 7, 2005 |
Langhorne House, also known as the Gwynn Apartments, is an historic late 19th-century house in Danville, Virginia later enlarged and used as an apartment house. Its period of significance is 1922, when Nancy Langhorne Astor, by then known as Lady Astor and the first woman to sit in the British Parliament, came to Danville to visit her birthplace and promote Anglo-American relations.