The district’s earliest houses are found along the eastern edge of the area adjacent to the commercial district. A c. 1840 house (12) at 210 West Main Street is a typical example of an I-house with Greek Revival elements seen throughout Hendricks County. The Homan House (33), one of the district’s most impressive structures, illustrates a much more refined, formal interpretation of the Greek Revival style. This c. 1850 brick house includes a central two-story pavilion with flanking one-story wings. Other pre-Civil War houses include two central-passage houses with Gothic Revival elements at 304 and 301 West Marion Street (32,40) respectively.

The last decades of the nineteenth century brought a period of growth and expansion to Danville. This prosperity is reflected in the district’s collection of Italianate and Queen Anne architecture. J. W. Morgan platted a section of land along Main Street just west of the original town plat. Morgan had his Italianate house (05) built in 1867 in the section known as Morgan’s Addition. Other Italianate houses include three houses (09, 20, 16) on West Main Street all built about 1870. Adjacent to the Morgan House is the district’s finest example of the Queen Anne style. The house (06), built about 1890, also exhibits elements of the Stick Style. Two nearly identical houses (15, 17) on West Main Street are good examples of Queen Anne cottages.