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History of the Conover Building

June 26, 2024 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

Image credit The Conover Building can be found at the SE corner of Third and Main Streets right in the middle of downtown. An eclectic Renaissance Revival style structure, it was designed by architect Frank Mills Andrews, who gave himself an office under an art glass … [Read more...] about History of the Conover Building

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Architecture, Conover Building, Downtown Dayton, Frank Mills Andrews, Obadiah Conover, Preservation, RTA

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 the … [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

Two Saved Historic Facades Downtown

August 14, 2018 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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In Dayton, as in most other American cities, many once great buildings were reduced to rubble, while in other cases endangered landmarks have been successfully preserved. But there’s also a sort of middle ground between demolition and restoration: cases in which the facade … [Read more...] about Two Saved Historic Facades Downtown

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: American Building, American Savings and Loan, Architecture, Barlow Clothing House, Conover Building, Cooper Building, Eaker Block, facades, Frank Andrews, Lafee's Temple, McHose and Lyon Co, RTA

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