Danville, Illinois: Brick People - Danville USA
Texas-based artist Donna Dobberfuhl sculpted an architectural brick crowd to express the "lively, personable people that I encountered here, the depth of the souls who live/lived in this place."
Temple Plaza
- Address:
- 18 W. North St., Danville, IL
- Directions:
- Corner of N Vermillion and North St. in a small park.
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It is a well crafted wall of mostly white people from Danville and the land before it. Chief Keannekeuk is represented; shows people who helped elevate the towns name in sports, space exploration, popular arts, military, and politics.
There is no representation of Eugene Radio Thompson, who was the first black resident elected to the city council in 1987 because of the fight of the Seven Plantiffs who turned the tide to even out the rights of black voters. Or representation of the first black firehouse in IL in 1898.
[Brian Sidney Bembridge, 05/12/2025]
"Danville USA" is a neat wall of people made out of bricks. Many famous people from Danville. Corner of N Vermillion and North St.
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A mixture of everyman tradespeople and Danville's semi-famous, including Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing, actress Helen Morgan, Kickapoo Chief Keannekeuk, and astronaut Joe Tanner.