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Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum: November 15, 1979 : 2335 Wayne Ave. 98: Squirrel-Forest Historic District: Squirrel-Forest Historic District: October 14, 2010 : North of Homewood Ave. and along the west side of Forest Ave.
The Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum is an historic structure at 2335 Wayne Ave. in Dayton, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1979. The 300-acre (120 ha) complex was designed as a mental asylum in accordance with principles advocated by Philadelphia psychiatrist Thomas Story Kirkbride in the mid-19th ...
In 1979, the Rudolph Pretzinger House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture.While the house remains at the intersection of Main and Apple Streets, [1] as it was during Pretzinger's lifetime, [2]: 129 the property no longer extends south to Wyoming; most of his land is now the site of Miami Valley Hospital. [5]
The Central Avenue Historic District is a small segment of the larger Grafton Hill neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio, United States.Composed of just two blocks near the border between Grafton Hill and Dayton View, the historic district comprises a cohesive collection of houses dating primarily from the turn of the 20th century, and it has been named a historic site.
The Kenilworth Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the northwestern portion of Dayton, Ohio, United States.Composed largely of houses constructed after the Great Flood of 1913, the district features examples of several prominent architectural styles, and it has received both local and federal recognition.
A rust belt town with growing pains. Springfield has been an industrial town since the late 1800s, but the city's median income dropped between 1999 and 2014 when manufacturing jobs declined in ...
Shawen Acres, also known as the Montgomery County Children's Home, is a historic complex in Dayton, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1991. [2] It was originally designed as an orphans home. Dr. Charles Shawen donated 19 acres (77,000 m 2) to the county March 21, 1926 for "wayward and homeless children."
The Centre City Building (formerly known as the United Brethren Building) is an historic building at 36-44 South Main Street at the corner of East Fourth Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It was designed by Charles Herby and built in 1904 by the F.A. Requarth Co. for the sum of $305,000 as the headquarters of the Church of the United Brethren in ...