National Register Nomination for the Greenfield Commercial Historic District
HistoryWorks completed the National Register nomination for the Greenfield Commercial Historic District in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. Located about a block to the west of Paint Creek, the district is situated on Jefferson and Washington streets, bound roughly on the east and west sides by Second and Fourth streets, and on the north and south sides by Lafayette and Mirabeau Streets, comprising about 14.7 acres. The buildings in the district are primarily commercial and civic in use and represent historical styles popular during their periods of construction. This portion of Greenfield is and has historically been the commercial center. The district has a total of 62 resources: 49 contributing buildings, one contributing site, 11 non-contributing buildings and one non-contributing structure.
Downtown Dayton Historic District, Dayton, Ohio
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HistoryWorks completed the National Register nomination for the Downtown Dayton Historic District, in 2019. The roughly 220 acre district includes 180 buildings, four objects and three sites. The period of significance is from 1860-1980. The district is historically significant for events related to community development and planning in Dayton, and for its architecture. It covers the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century development of Dayton into an important industrial and commercial center through to mid-twentieth century economic challenges and the efforts to combat them through private development and city planning efforts such and urban renewal. There are 94 contributing resources, 54 previously listed resources and 40 noncontributing resources.
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National Register Nomination for Downtown Hamilton
Historic District, Hamilton, Ohio
HistoryWorks prepared the National Register nomination for the Hamilton Downtown Historic District, which was listed in July, 2016. The district is located along High Street, Court Street, Ludlow Street, Maple Street, South Front Street, South Second Street and North and South Third Street in downtown Hamilton the seat of Butler County, Ohio. The historic district encompasses an area of about 18 acres and includes 94 contributing historic buildings and sculptures. Although it is primarily a business and commercial district, the Hamilton Downtown Historic District also includes properties associated with the civic, social and religious, entertainment and recreation history of Hamilton. The period of significance for the district spans 1855 to 1966, the time of the greatest development of the district. The district is significant for its association with the development of commerce and with the city's political and government history during the period. The project, covered in this Journal-News article, has encouraged the rehabilitation of historic buildings within the district.
National Register Nomination for the
Wright Company Factory, Dayton, Ohio
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Listed on the National Register in 2019, the former Wright Company Factory is significant for its association with the history of air-related transportation. Founded by the Wright brothers, it is important for its role in the early development of the American aviation industry from 1910 to 1922, which made Dayton an important center for the development of early commercial and military aircraft. It set the stage for the continued importance of aviation and the aviation industry in the Dayton area through the twentieth century. The factory is significant also in the area of automobile transportation for its later uses from 1923-1955, for the manufacture of automobile components for General Motors’ Inland Manufacturing Division, thus continuing Dayton’s legacy in automobile innovation. The factory is part of the historic National Aviation Heritage Area in Dayton.
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Thematic Survey for Social and Fraternal Organizations, Dayton, Ohio
HistoryWorks completed a Historic Context and Thematic Survey of all Fraternal and Social Organizations in Dayton, Ohio documenting the historically significant role the over 140 such organizations played in the city’s development. The project was completed to fulfill a Memorandum of Agreement between the City and the State Historic Preservation Office resulting from Section 106 consultations. The survey identified common property types related to the theme. A total of 19 properties in the city associated with the theme were identified. It assessed their historic integrity, evaluated the physical condition of the subject buildings, and provided a recommendation that three previously unidentified properties were potentially eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit/National Register of Historic Places Nomination,
Weustoff and Getz Company, Dayton, Ohio
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HistoryWorks completed the National Register of Historic Places Nomination for the Weustoff and Getz Company in Dayton, Ohio. The property is historically significant for its association with the pattern of events contributing to the industrial development of Dayton from 1868 to 1913. It sums up the changing nature of Dayton’s industrialization from an important producer of agricultural implements to a major center of automobile innovation and production in the early twentieth century. The National Register nomination form for the property may be downloaded from the National Park Service website. HistoryWorks also completed the a Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit (Part 1) application for the property. A $7.9 million federal and state tax credit for the rehabilitation project was approved in December 2014.
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