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Dayton History [1] is an organization located in Dayton, Ohio, USA, formed in 2005 by the merger of the Montgomery County Historical Society (originally the Dayton Historical Society) and Dayton's Carillon Historical Park. The private non-profit (501c3) organization was established to acknowledge the history of Dayton, Ohio.
An original lock of the Miami and Erie Canal is located on the grounds, as is a canal toll office. The transportation center vehicles include the John Quincy Adams steam locomotive (built in 1835 by the B&O Railroad and is the oldest US-built locomotive that still exists), [5] a Barney and Smith passenger car built in Dayton, a Conestoga wagon, a 1908 Stoddard-Dayton automobile, a 1915 Xenia ...
In 1896, a group of citizens gathered at the Old Court House in Dayton, Ohio to create an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the Miami Valley. Their goal was to celebrate the city's centennial by saving and converting Newcom's Tavern, Dayton's oldest building (ca. 1796), into the community's first history museum ...
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September 8, 1988 (16 South Williams Street: 17: Dayton Canoe Club: Dayton Canoe Club: July 2, 2008 (1020 Riverside Dr. 18: Dayton Country Club: February 20, 2024
The Conover Building, also known as Wright Stop Plaza, is a historic structure in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States.Constructed at the turn of the twentieth century, the Conover features a mix of architectural styles and sits at a prominent intersection, and it has been named a historic site.
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The city of Dayton is the location of 116 of these properties and districts, including 5 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed separately, while the remaining properties and districts are listed here. A single property, the Miami Valley Golf Course and Clubhouse, is split between Dayton and other parts of the county, and it thus appears ...