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Wright Brothers

Wright Company Factory History

February 24, 2025 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

I've written a couple of articles and recorded a video about the Wright Brothers including where in Dayton they lived and where they had their print and bike shops. Sadly there are very few locations that still stand in their original location. But there is another … [Read more...] about Wright Company Factory History

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Edgemont, Industrial Buildings, Preservation, Speedwell Motor Car Co, West Dayton, Wright Brothers, Wright Company Factory

Where Was the Wright Brothers Bike Shop in Dayton?

November 6, 2024 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

Wright Brothers Bike Shop 1127 W Third

My last article covered where the Wright Brothers lived in Dayton. This one will highlight the places in town where they worked to turn their revolutionary ideas into the invention of powered flight. Because the brothers made and repaired bicycles before focusing on … [Read more...] about Where Was the Wright Brothers Bike Shop in Dayton?

Filed Under: Dayton Culture Tagged With: Aviation, Aviation Trail, Bicycles, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Gem City Ice Cream Building, Orville Wright, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Preservation, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar

The Wright Brothers’ House in Dayton: A History

October 17, 2024 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

wright brothers house 7 hawthorn

Dayton has a rich history of innovation spanning key inventions in a wide variety of industries, but the most famous is of course the Wright Brothers and their quest to achieve powered flight. Wilbur and Orville lived and worked in a few different places around the Gem … [Read more...] about The Wright Brothers’ House in Dayton: A History

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Hawthorn Hill, Milton Wright, Oakwood, Preservation, West Dayton, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar

History of Euclid Ave UB (Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist) Church

September 21, 2024 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

euclid ave united brethren church third street

I recently wrote about the former firehouse #13 at West Third and Euclid. That building sits across the street from the Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist Church, which was formerly the Euclid Avenue United Brethren Church. Milton Wright, father of Orville and Wilbur, was a … [Read more...] about History of Euclid Ave UB (Mt. Enon Missionary Baptist) Church

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Baptist Churches, Bonebrake Theological Seminary, Churches, Milton Wright, United Brethren Church, Wright Brothers

The Deeds Barn and Reconstruction as Preservation with Dan Barton

August 2, 2024 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

deeds barn original site 319 central ave

In my last article about the history of the Deeds Barn, the site of the invention of the electric self-starter, I traced its somewhat convoluted path over the decades: a replica was built in Carillon Park in 1949 but the original barn remained in Grafton Hill until 1962 when … [Read more...] about The Deeds Barn and Reconstruction as Preservation with Dan Barton

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Carillon Park, Deeds Barn, Grafton Hill, Kettering-Moraine Museum, Preservation, Wright Brothers

Gem City Ice Cream Building at Risk of Demolition

September 23, 2021 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

gem city ice cream building

A historic building in the Wright-Dunbar neighborhood is at risk of demolition after the City of Dayton asked the Landmarks Commission for permission to remove it. The Gem City Ice Cream Building, constructed in the late 1800s, has been listed on the National Register of … [Read more...] about Gem City Ice Cream Building at Risk of Demolition

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Preservation, Preservation Dayton, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar

The Hoover Block and the Wright Brothers’ Printing Business

December 14, 2018 By Andrew Walsh 4 Comments

Hoover Block aviation national historic park

The historic West Third Street business district in Wright-Dunbar has a BBQ restaurant and a few small independent retail businesses catering primarily to neighborhood residents. But the best-known attractions in the area are the sites connected to the men who gave the … [Read more...] about The Hoover Block and the Wright Brothers’ Printing Business

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Bicycles, Frank Hale, Mary Ann Johnson, Museums, Orville Wright, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Printing, West Dayton, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar

The Paul Laurence Dunbar House and Museum

October 17, 2018 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

paul laurence dunbar house state historic site museum

In a previous post, we introduced the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, one of the sites on the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park. The original home of the family that gave the neighborhood half of its name, the Wrights, is long gone, having been moved to … [Read more...] about The Paul Laurence Dunbar House and Museum

Filed Under: Dayton Culture Tagged With: Dayton Tourism, Museums, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poetry, West Dayton, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar, Writing

History of the Centre City (United Brethren) Building

July 27, 2018 By Andrew Walsh 8 Comments

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The Dayton Arcade has attracted the most attention among potential downtown projects lately, but a building whose rehab would have a more visible effect on Dayton's skyline is found just across Main Street. I'm talking about the Centre City Building, which has a fascinating … [Read more...] about History of the Centre City (United Brethren) Building

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Adler and Child's, Centre City Building, FA Requarth Company, Knott Building, Levitt Pavilion, Milton Wright, Orville Wright, United Brethren Building, United Brethren Publishing House, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers

What Can You Find at the Aviation Museum in Wright Dunbar?

February 27, 2018 By Andrew Walsh Leave a Comment

Dayton has quite a few historic sites connected to the Wright Brothers and their early experiments with aviation. Today several of them are linked together under the name of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, which also commemorates the Wrights' earlier … [Read more...] about What Can You Find at the Aviation Museum in Wright Dunbar?

Filed Under: Dayton Culture Tagged With: Aviation Trail, Dayton Tourism, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Preservation, Printing, West Dayton, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar

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