The City of Dayton has announced that the first of at least 30 sites and structures to display a City of Dayton Historic Landmark plaque will be publicly announced on Monday, March 30, at 6:00 pm.
A ceremony will occur at the mausoleum of the historic Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, 118 Woodland Ave. The structure, with is stone and bronze face, features 22 varieties of imported marble and 12 stained glass windows inspired by famous literary works.
The purpose of the new City of Dayton Historic Landmark plaque program is to call attention to the community’s rich history and to encourage heritage tourism.
37 local historic sites as the first designated historic landmarks through the City’s program, with more sites to come. These properties include:
Victoria Theater (1866), 138 N. Main
Engineers Club of Dayton (1917-18), 110 E. Monument
American Building/Conover Building (1900), 4 S. Main
Old Post Office (1915), 120 W. Third
#DaytonFire Station No. 15 (1907), 1861 Wayne
YMCA (1929), 115 W. Monument
DELCO Building (1912), 329 E. First
Mutual Home & Savings Association Building (1931), 120 W. Second
Philip Gilbert House (1860/1889), 1012 Huffman
Dayton Women’s Club (1845-50/1865), 225 N. Ludlow
Memorial Hall (1910), 125 E. First
Woodland Cemetery (1841), 118 Woodland
Grant Deneau Tower (1969), 40 W. Fourth
Jacob H.W. Mumma House (ca. 1840), 2239 Kipling
Paul Laurence Dunbar House (1870), 219 N. Paul Laurence Dunbar
Westbrock Funeral Home (1865/1922-23), 1712 Wayne
Jonah Bull House (1872), 2233 Wayne
Southern Ohio Lunatic Asylum/Dayton State Hospital (1855), 10 Wilmington
Lewis Kemp House (1806/1836), 4800 Burkhardt
Lincoln Storage (1912-1914), 315 E. First
Old Courthouse (1850), 7 N. Main
Dayton VAMC (1867-1952), 4100 W. Third
James Brooks House (1832), 41 E. First
Rudolph Pretzinger House (1889), 908 S. Main
Former Sachs & Pruden Ale Company Building (1883), 120 S. Patterson
Dayton Canoe Club (1913), 1020 Riverside
Sig’s General Store (1912), 1400 Valley
Kelly Family House (1876), 657 S. Main
Edwin Smith House/Dayton Bicycle Club (1850), 131 W. Third
McCormick Manufacturing Company Building (1913), 434-438 E. First
Thompson Printing Company (1928), 444 E. Second
Charles & Susan Gummer House (1913), 1428 E. Huffman
YWCA (1913), 141 W. Third
Hanitch-Huffman House (ca. 1863), 214 W. Monument
Samuel Brown House (1875), 1633 Wayne
McCrory Building (1924), 29 S. Main
Kuhn’s Building (1883), 45 S. Main
