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The Dayton Triangles and History of the First NFL Game

October 2, 2024 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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Today, Dayton is a great sports town for college basketball, minor league baseball, and much more. But despite the many passionate fans in the Gem City, establishing a team in one of the major professional leagues isn't a realistic possibility. But Dayton will always have a … [Read more...] about The Dayton Triangles and History of the First NFL Game

Filed Under: Dayton Culture Tagged With: Basketball, Carillon Park, Carl Storck, Charles Kettering, Dayton Triangles, Delco, Edward Deeds, Football, Sports, Triangle Park, University of Dayton

Canal at 2nd Street Then and Now

August 16, 2024 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

I've previously written a history of the Miami and Erie canal in Dayton that included a then and now photo of an 1899 celebration that included two elephants bathing in the canal. In that post I used a visible business and map to determine where that location is … [Read more...] about Canal at 2nd Street Then and Now

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Canal St Arcade and Deli, Cooper Park, Delco, George J. Roberts Co, Industrial Buildings, Miami and Erie Canal, Old Dayton Maps, Sanborn Maps

History of Frigidaire (and GM) in Dayton: Downtown, Moraine, and More

May 3, 2024 By Andrew Walsh 2 Comments

Among Dayton's major industrial powers of the late 19th and early 20th century, there are many interconnections. Delco, for one, has strong ties to NCR due to its formation by Edward Deeds and Charles Kettering who tinkered in their spare time while working at the cash … [Read more...] about History of Frigidaire (and GM) in Dayton: Downtown, Moraine, and More

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Automobiles, Delco, Frigidaire, Fuyao, Inventions, Manufacturing, Moraine

The Stone Barn at Holt and Easton (Dayton View History)

March 4, 2023 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

A Dayton Vistas reader wrote in to ask about the history of a stone barn on the property at 441 Holt Street. It's referred to by some locals as the "old barn" and it was also noted that there was a school on the property in the past. This article will dig into what we could … [Read more...] about The Stone Barn at Holt and Easton (Dayton View History)

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Auto Shops, Barns, Carriage Houses, Charles Kettering, Dayton View, Dayton View Nazarene Church, Deeds Barn, Delco, Edward Deeds, John Steele, Old Dayton Maps, Rosalie Ritty, Sanborn Maps, Stables, W. J. Klinger, Wilhelm Engineering Company

History of The Delco (Mendelson) Building: Early Delco in Dayton

October 8, 2019 By Andrew Walsh 4 Comments

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With the recent news that Sandy Mendelson has sold the massive building that has long housed his liquidation outlet, we're going to take a look at the history of the structure since no news reports appear to have mentioned it. Crawford Hoying, who along with Woodard have … [Read more...] about History of The Delco (Mendelson) Building: Early Delco in Dayton

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Charles Kettering, Delco, Delco Lofts, Edward Deeds, Fred Beaver, John H Patterson, Mendelson Building, NCR, Sandy Mendelson

The Swaynie House and Building Substitution

November 8, 2018 By Andrew Walsh 3 Comments

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In my book Lost Dayton I chronicle not only sites that have been demolished, but also historic landmarks that are still with us, albeit transformed into something completely different from their original use. But in just about all of those cases, today's historic … [Read more...] about The Swaynie House and Building Substitution

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Canal St Arcade and Deli, Dayton Carpet Company, Delco, Delco Lofts, Manufacturing, Mendelson's Liquidation Outlet, Pinneo and Daniels, Presidents, Swaynie House, Then and Now, Webster Station, William Henry Harrison

Webster Station’s Industrial Buildings Beyond Delco

September 2, 2018 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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Webster Station is a former industrial area that's quickly turning into Dayton's hottest neighborhood with a variety of apartment and condo living options, as well as bars, restaurants, and a soon-to-open hotel. Many old warehouses and other early commercial structures … [Read more...] about Webster Station’s Industrial Buildings Beyond Delco

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: 804 Building, Delco, Delco Lofts, Frigidaire, Industrial Buildings, La Gota Coffee, McCormick Building, Mendelson's, Tech Town, Webster Station

Then and Now: Aerial of Third and Jefferson, Fire Blocks

July 12, 2018 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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With the Fire Blocks development undergoing some major changes and hopefully starting real construction soon, let's travel back in time and take a look at the area from a high vantage point. Some buildings will look familiar, but others are long gone. The Beckel Hotel … [Read more...] about Then and Now: Aerial of Third and Jefferson, Fire Blocks

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Adler and Child's, Aerial, Beckel Hotel, Delco, Fire, Fire Blocks District, Huffman Block, IOOF, Mendelson's, Oriel Studios, Then and Now

Panoramic Cooper Park and Old Library

November 19, 2017 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

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Today Dayton has an amazing state of the art downtown library that opened in August 2017, replacing* the previous uninspiring structure constructed in 1962. But before that, a French Gothic Romanesque library building dating back to 1888 served Daytonians, and it too was … [Read more...] about Panoramic Cooper Park and Old Library

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Cooper Park, Delco, Downtown, Library

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