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History of the Bowers Building from Bank to Lounge

January 3, 2024 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

West Third Street is seeing a surge in new commercial investment in the Wright Dunbar neighborhood near downtown, but there hasn't been as much activity on the blocks west of Broadway. But now at West Third and James H. McGee Boulevard, a husband and wife team is … [Read more...] about History of the Bowers Building from Bank to Lounge

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Banking, City National Bank, Old Dayton Maps, West Dayton

Dayton Office Towers: New Proposals and Occupancy, Vacancy Rates Over Time

November 22, 2023 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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In our series on downtown Dayton's Courthouse Square, we mentioned that the KeyBank Tower is largely vacant, with the bank pulling out in favor of a new downtown office and the tower's out-of-state ownership unavailable for comment. One key tenant, however, remained in … [Read more...] about Dayton Office Towers: New Proposals and Occupancy, Vacancy Rates Over Time

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Banking, Centre City Building, Dayton Arcade, Downtown Dayton Partnership, Fidelity Building, Grant-Deneau Tower, Keybank Tower, Premier Health

Selecting Dayton’s Most Endangered Buildings

March 29, 2021 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

Preservation Dayton, a longstanding organization which already has a track record of success for local historic preservation, is stepping up its efforts with a new initiative, the Endangered Properties Fund. Each year, a committee selects a list of the city's ten most … [Read more...] about Selecting Dayton’s Most Endangered Buildings

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Banking, Features, Jacob D. Moskowitz, Leslie Smith, Preservation, Riverdale, Riverdale Theater, Santa Clara, Suburbs

The Callahan Building and Its Clock

September 24, 2020 By Andrew Walsh 3 Comments

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The Callahan Building is considered by many to be Dayton's first skyscraper. Originally a 7-story building, it was built at the NE corner of Main and Third, right across Main Street from the Old Courthouse, in 1892. One notable Daytonian connected with this building is Paul … [Read more...] about The Callahan Building and Its Clock

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Banking, Callahan Building, Carillon Park, City National Bank, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Reynolds and Reynolds, United Brethren Publishing House

The People Behind the Buildings: Who Were Kuhns, Reibold, Lindsey, Conover?

March 3, 2020 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

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Downtown Dayton, despite all it has lost over the years, still maintains an enviable architectural legacy featuring a number of early office towers and other commercial structures built around the turn of the 20th century. Many of these were named for people, including … [Read more...] about The People Behind the Buildings: Who Were Kuhns, Reibold, Lindsey, Conover?

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Banking, Benjamin Kuhns, Burns and Pretzinger, Charles Insco Williams, Conover Building, Frank Mills Andrews, Frederick Reibold, Kuhns Building, Lindsey Building, Louis Napoleon Reibold, Manhattan Clothing Store, Obadiah Conover, Oleman's Department Store, Peters, Peters and Burns, Reibold Building, Theodore Lindsey

History of West Third Street Buildings in Wright-Dunbar

April 8, 2019 By Andrew Walsh 6 Comments

Our last article looked into the history of the West Third Business District in Wright-Dunbar, including some old maps of the area. Today we'll take it a step further by digging into the stories of many of the individual commercial buildings. 1000 Block The Hoover Block, … [Read more...] about History of West Third Street Buildings in Wright-Dunbar

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Banking, Gem City Ice Cream Building, Gunkel Building, Hoersting-Holtman Building, Hoover Block, Marietta Flats, Midget Theater, Mystic Chain Hall, Pekin Theater, W. A. Lincoln's, Walter's Block, West Dayton, Wright Cycle Company, Wright-Dunbar, Zik's Pharmacy

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