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Welcome to Week 25 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 24’s Mystery Photo is: The MeadWestvaco Treehouse at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery. I took this photo on July 4, 2016 during the Red, White & Boonshoft event.

From boonshoftmuseum.org:

A remarkable permanent exhibit space, the MeadWestvaco Treehouse is just that: a fully-enclosed treehouse that extends beyond the traditional walls of the Museum to grant better access to the natural world. While inside, learn about environmental preservation, encounter live Honey Bees in their hive, see images of local flying squirrels captured on night-vision cameras, and of course do some bird watching!

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 25:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 24 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 23’s Mystery Photo is: The Band Stand at the Dayton VA Medical Center. I took this photo on May 28, 2016 during the American Veterans Heritage Center‘s annual Patriot Freedom Festival.

From americanveteransheritage.org:

The bandstand or gazebo, built in 1871, was initially lighted with gas lamps for evening concerts. The old soldiers’ band started in 1870 and by 1909 was ranked second to the Marine Corp Band as the best in the country. From April to November, there were band concerts nightly. Other well-known bands played here including John Phillip Sousa. The Home Band was disbanded in 1933.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 24:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 23 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 22’s Mystery Photo is: The Dayton Masonic Center, located in Downtown Dayton’s Steele’s Hill-Grafton Hill Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original name for this building, designed in the Greek architectural style, was the Dayton Masonic Temple. Ground was broken on July 20, 1925 and the building opened on April 1, 1928. Total cost of construction was 2.5 million dollars. I took this photo on June 24, 2016.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 23:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 22 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 21’s Mystery Photo is: The Grant-Deneau Tower, Dayton’s first modern skyscraper, built in 1969-1970, on the corner of 4th & Ludlow Streets in Downtown Dayton. I took this photo on October 28, 2015.

Designed by prominent 1960’s Dayton architect Paul Deneau, the Grant-Deneau Tower is a fine example of mid-century modern architecture and was recently placed on the National Register of Historic Places, a rare feat for a building less than fifty years of age. There is hope by the building’s ownership and the City of Dayton that redevelopment for mixed use (commercial and residential) will start in Spring of 2017. To learn more about the Grant-Deneau Tower, check out the Dayton Deneau Society, founded by City of Dayton Planner Tony Kroeger. The group is also on Twitter at @DeneauSociety.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 22:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 21 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 20’s Mystery Photo is: The Tree Tower at Cox Arboretum MetroPark. I took this photo on April 24, 2016.

From metroparks.org:

Adults and kids alike won’t want to miss the magical Tree Tower at Cox Arboretum MetroPark, where they can climb 81 steps for a panoramic view of the Miami Valley. The tower, constructed from a massive Douglas fir, rises 46 feet above the conifer collection, providing breathtaking views of the Arboretum grounds and collections. The tower is anchored by an inviting terrace, where visitors can gather to enjoy the shade and tranquility provided by the surrounding evergreens.

The tower is part of the master plan designed for us by renowned Belgian landscape architect Francois Goffinet. The master plan was created to ensure that Cox Arboretum is a spectacular destination for future generations.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 21:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 20 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 19’s Mystery Photo is: The Oregon Historic District‘s Newcom Founders Park. The park’s gazebo was built by Oregon District residents in 1985. I took this photo on June 3, 2016.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 20:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 19 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 18’s Mystery Photo is: The exterior wall of the historic Victoria Theatre facing First Street. 2016 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Victoria Theatre. Read all about this Dayton icon here. I took this photo on May 6, 2016.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 19:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 18 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 17’s Mystery Photo is: The cupola of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, built 1890, in Downtown Dayton. This church was designed by architect Charles Insco Williams in the Romanesque Revival & Queen Anne architectural styles and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Closed in 1996, the church reopened in 2001 as a Vietnamese Catholic church. I took this photo on May 19, 2016.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 18:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 17 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 16’s Mystery Photo is: The John Henry Patterson Memorial Monument at Hills & Dales MetroPark. I took this photo on April 10, 2014.

John H. Patterson, co-founder of the National Cash Register Company (NCR), donated the land to create Hills & Dales Park and hired world famous landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, the architect responsible for Central Park in New York City to design the park, which opened in 1907. The monument to Patterson was built in 1928, six years after his death. For more information about the history of Hills & Dales MetroPark, visit history.metroparks.org/parks/hills-dales.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 17:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 16 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 15’s Mystery Photo is: The grotto on the Dayton V.A. (Veterans Affairs) Medical Center campus. I took this photo on May 5, 2016.

The grotto was built in 1867-1868 when it was known as the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and later the Dayton Soldiers Home. Signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln on March 3, 1865, the home was established in 1867.

Tours of the grotto will be available during the American Veterans Heritage Center’s 12th Annual Patriot Freedom Festival this Memorial Day weekend on Saturday & Sunday, May 28-29, 2016 from 11 AM to 6 PM on both days. This year’s festival theme is Honoring Women in the Military. The event is family friendly including free admission and free parking with food trucks, craft vendors, free live music & entertainment! Festival activities include: honoring ceremonies, historical military reenactors, guided historical tours, children’s activities, barrel train, kid’s corner, gardening, equestrian team, Miami Valley Military History Museum and more.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 16:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 15 of Mystery Mondays. Many of you guessed this was at The Masonic Center, but the answer to Week 14’s Mystery Photo is: The library inside the Engineers Club of Dayton on Monument Avenue across from RiverScape MetroPark in Downtown Dayton. I took this photo on November 16, 2015.

The Engineers Club of Dayton was founded in 1914 by Colonel Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering. The club’s current building was dedicated on February 2, 1918 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 15:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 14 of Mystery Mondays. The answer to Week 13’s Mystery Photo is: The entrance door of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (built in 1868) on Wayne Avenue outside the Oregon Historic District in Downtown Dayton. I took this photo on February 26, 2015.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 14:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 13 of Mystery Mondays.  The answer to Week 12’s Mystery Photo is: The Hartman Rock Garden in Springfield. I took this photo on November 2, 2015.

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The Hartman Rock Garden is an American Folk Art site located on 1905 Russell Avenue in Springfield. Open 365 days a year from dawn until dusk, admission is free but donations are encouraged to maintain this work of art. The garden is one of the nation’s most intriguing and revered works of in situ folk art, an outsider art phenomena where self-taught artists construct fascinating worlds out of concrete, metal, stone, and whatever else they can find. Harry George “Ben” Hartman started work on the garden in 1932 during the Great Depression when he was laid off from his job as a molder. He worked on the project for 12 years until his death in 1944. Learn more about the history behind the Hartman Rock Garden by visiting hartmanrockgarden.org.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 13:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 12 of Mystery Mondays.  The answer to Week 11’s Mystery Photo is: Replica of the Wright Brothers’ 1905 hangar at Huffman Prairie Flying Field on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. I took this photo on August 7, 2015.

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Here’s some information about the Huffman Prairie Flying Field via the National Park Service’s website.

When the Wright brothers returned to Dayton, after their historic first flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, they looked for a suitable flying field closer to home. Dayton banker, Torrence Huffman allowed the brothers to use his pasture, which was located eight miles northeast of Dayton, rent-free. Here in 1904 and 1905, through a series of unique experiments, the Wright brothers mastered the principles of controlled, powered flight and developed the world’s first practical airplane.

In 1904, the brothers made 105 flights, totaling 49 minutes in the air with their 1904 Wright Flyer II. With this flying machine, they made the first turn and the first circle in the air. They also employed a starting derrick for the first time and Wilbur set a new distance record.

When the brothers returned to the Huffman Prairie for the 1905 flying season, they brought along an improved machine, the 1905 Wright Flyer III. This flying machine, which evolved throughout 1905, could bank, turn circles, and make figure-eights. On October 5, 1905, Wilbur piloted the plane for a world record of over 24 miles in 39 minutes. About two weeks later, the brothers ended their experiments for 1905 feeling that they now had a practical airplane that they could market. In the 1905 flying season, the brothers stayed aloft for 262 minutes in just 50 flights.

The Wright brothers returned to Huffman Prairie Flying Field in 1910. The field was used by their new business, The Wright Company, as a testing ground, flying school, and home to their exhibition team. The Wright Company ceased use of the flying field in 1916.

Today, Huffman Prairie Flying Field is located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

The 1905 Wright Flyer III can be viewed inside the Wright Brothers Aviation Center at Carillon Historical Park and is the only fixed wing aircraft to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 12:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 11 of Mystery Mondays.  The answer to Week 10’s Mystery Photo is: The waterfall at Dave Hall Plaza near the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the corner of Fourth & Main Streets in Downtown Dayton. I took this photo on July 14, 2014.

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Here’s some information about Dave Hall Plaza, which also happens to be the future site of the Levitt Pavilion in 2018.

Dave Hall Plaza, dedicated in 1971, was named for Dave Hall, former Dayton City Commissioner from 1963 to 1965 and Dayton Mayor from 1965 until his retirement in 1970. Festivals such as the Dayton Jazz Festival, Dayton Blues Festival, Dayton Rock Festival, Dayton Reggae Festival and AleFest Dayton all take place at Dave Hall Plaza.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 11:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.

Welcome to Week 10 of Mystery Mondays.  The answer to Week Nine’s Mystery Photo is: The observatory at Moraine Farm in Kettering, former home of Colonel Edward A. Deeds and Mrs. Edith Walton Deeds. I took this photo on June 18, 2015.

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Here’s some information about Moraine Farm’s observatory from the Kettering Health Network‘s Moraine Farm brochure.

The observatory dome is one of the architectural highlights of the house. When built, the Warner & Swasey 7-inch refracting telescope in the observatory was one of the first privately owned telescopes of its type in the world.

The laboratory just below the observatory houses a large arc slide projector that Colonel Deeds pointed out the window to project images of vacation photographs from glass lantern slides which had been colored by hand.

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Here’s our Mystery Photo for Week 10:

Photo by Tom Gilliam of DaytonGram & Tom Gilliam Photography.