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Historic Districts - National Register
The table below indicates the eighteen historic districts located in the city of Dayton that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.
Twelve of these nationally recognized districts also have a local historic designation, which is commonly recognized as the most important means of historic preservation. These districts are indicated in the table below. You may read brief descriptions of residential historic districts (PDF). You may also wish to view a list of the names and locations (PDF) of historic buildings in historic district overlays.
Nationally Recognized Districts
Twelve of these nationally recognized districts also have a local historic designation, which is commonly recognized as the most important means of historic preservation. These districts are indicated in the table below. You may read brief descriptions of residential historic districts (PDF). You may also wish to view a list of the names and locations (PDF) of historic buildings in historic district overlays.
Preservation Efforts
In Dayton, preservation efforts are primarily undertaken by the Landmark Commission, whose responsibilities include the consideration of modifications to or the demolition of structures located in the local historic districts. One of the planning publications used to guide in the evaluation of modifications is the Blueprint For Rehabilitation (PDF).
- Dayton View
- DPL Group
- East 3rd Street
- Fire Blocks
- Grafton Hill
- Grafton-Rockwood-Wroe
- Huffman
- Kenilworth
- Kossuth Colony
- McPherson Town
- Motor Car
- Oregon
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
- South Park
- Squirrel-Forest
- St. Anne’s Hill
- Terra Cotta
- VA
- West 3rd Street
- Wright-Dunbar
District: Dayton Motor Car Company District
Priority Board: Northwest (2)Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dayton View (PDF) |
Old Dayton View |
1984 | 219 | 75.4 | Yes | 1978 |
District: Dayton Power & Light Building Group
Priority Board : DowntownName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DPL Group (PDF) |
Webster Station |
2006 | 3 |
1 | No | N/A |
District: East Third Street
Priority Board: DowntownName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East 3rd Street |
Webster Station |
2001 | 6 | 1.9 | Yes | 1999 |
District: Fire Blocks
Priority Board: DowntownName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fire Blocks (PDF) |
Downtown | 1992 | 23 | 7.2 | No | N/A |
District: Grafton Hill
Priority Board: FROCName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grafton Hill (PDF) |
Grafton Hill |
1986 | 158 | 89.8 | Yes | 1988 |
District: Huffman
Priority Board: SoutheastName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Huffman (PDF) |
Historic Inner East |
1982 | 663 | 83.4 | Yes |
1981 |
District: Kenilworth
Priority Board: FROC
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenilworth (PDF) |
Five Oaks |
2006 | 17 | 6.1 | Yes | 2006 |
District: Dayton Motor Car Company District
Priority Board: NortheastName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kossuth (PDF) |
Old North Dayton |
1979 | 40 | 6.3 | No | N/A |
District: McPherson Town
Priority Board: FROC
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
McPherson Town (PDF) |
McPherson |
1988 | 90 | 21.3 |
Yes | 1977 |
District: Dayton Motor Car Company District
Priority Board: SoutheastName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Motor Car |
Oregon | 1984 | 12 | 7 |
No | N/A |
District: Dayton Motor Car Company District
Priority Board: SoutheastName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oregon (PDF) |
Oregon | 1975 | 278 | 76.7 | Yes | 1972 |
District : Paul Laurence Dunbar
Priority Board: Innerwest
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dunbar (PDF) |
Wolf Creek |
1980 | 25 | 7.7 | Yes | 2001 |
Priority Board: Southeast
District: South Park
Priority Board: Southeast
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Park (PDF) |
South Park |
1984 (1988 Increase) |
721 (+158 Increase) |
152.1 | Yes | 1981 |
District: St. Anne’s Hill
Priority Board: Southeast
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Anne's Hill (PDF) |
Historic Inner East |
1986 | 315 | 54.3 | Yes | 1974 |
District: Terra Cotta
Priority Board: Downtown
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Terra Cotta (PDF) |
Downtown | 1984 | 6 | 3.1 | No | N/A |
District: Central Branch, National Home for Disabled Vol. Soldiers (VA)
Priority Board : SouthwestName |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VA | Farilane | 2004 | 42 | 293.9 | No | N/A |
District: West Third Street
Priority Board: Downtown
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Third Street (PDF) |
Five Points/Wolf Creek |
1989 | 27 | 10.7 | Yes | 2007 |
District: Wright-Dunbar
Priority Board: Innerwest
Name |
Neighborhood | Listing Year |
Buildings | Acres | Local? |
Designated Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wright Dunbar (PDF) |
Five Points |
N/A | N/A | 43.6 | Yes | 2002 |
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