Nomination for Dayton Art Institute

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) NOV 1 9 1974 AND/ OR HISTORIC: DAY TON Congress, Charles Whalen-3rd Dist. * Restricted - In Process * Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments JUL 1 1 1974 OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: WEST 3rd and ST. MARYS STREETS REPRESENTATION IN EXIST ING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: 15 N.

MAIN STREET 039 COUNTY 113 LOCATION MONTGOMERY NAME OWNERSHIP ACCESSIBLE Religious STATUS Commercial Government Site OHIO Educational REGISTER Entertainment Both District CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY CODE Private Residence Museum Being Considered Structure Yes: NATIONAL Park Federal Unoccupied Public Industrial Agricultural CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Forest and Riverview Avenues COMMON: Scientific OWNER OF PROPERTY Public Acquisition: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE Military STREET AND NUMBER: Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: TO THE PUBLIC CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) Building Object - Other (Specify) DATE OF SURVEY: 1968 DATE Private MONTGOMERY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE DESCRIPTION O Fair - Deteriorated L Unexposed * Unaltered X] Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

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downtown area, it is immediately visible to any visitor to the city Caprarola, Italy and the stairs by the staircase also at the Villa Farnese through three rectangular doorways, the shape of which becomes the theme for wings, the diversity of shapes of the openings in each floor being again a Torlonia in Rome. In the second floor Italian galleries, the ceilings are are the coffered ceiling of the auditorium and the vaulted ceiling of the loggia, painted by Joseph F. Sturdy of Chicago in Raphaelesque style, the CONDITION Moved two wings containing the main galleries and encompassing two cloisters feature of Renaissance architecture.The interior of the building and the The central block of the five-sided Italian Renaissance Revival style the front lobby and the interior staircase landing. landscaping due to lower maintenance costs.

monumental double-out-curving stair ascending to a landing with a wall Renaissance and Gothic chapels with stained glass doors in 13th and 15th tions of the Italian Renaissance style with a number of original artifacts cloisters as well as the exterior of the building are all faithful modifica- opening from the second floor gallery floor and decorated with simulated faithfully executed in Italian Renaissance and Gothic styles 4).

An example of the faithful translation of the l6th century Italian architec- and a constant gracious symbol to the residents of the city of its tural styles is the rustication of the lower floor and stairway walls and the originals of which were bought by Baron Franchetti and installed in building is directly influenced by the casino of the Villa Farnese in front of the French School in Rome and the handmade Italian floor tiles in (Check One) The doors to the Director's office come from the 19th century Palazzo Additional facilities for the College of the Dayton Art Institute have Ruins on a hilly site sixty feet above the Miami River and overlooking the building was completed and openedd in 1930,and since that time has been The Institute is approached by a heads, columns and capitals from the 13th through the 16th century (photos the second floor are reproduced from Florentine palaces, the one to Gallery B being a copy from Benedetto de Maiano's door in the Palazzo the smooth surfaced second story.

The main entrance to the building is the wall openings on the lower floor as opposed to the second floor where the the Ca d'Oro. The magnificent marble doorways to the major galleries on Vecchio. Of particular note in their faithfulness to the Renaissance style century style, the granite fountain on the front steps suggested by one in Excellent and exact reproductions incorporated. The cloisters contain original well entrance of the two-story Ohio sandstone building roofed with red tiles. one of the most imposing and admired structures in the city.Located frescoes in the Renaissance style.Continguous to the central block are Fountain and small pool.The stairs continue at right angles to the main of many museum buildings in the U.s. modern replicas of 15th and 17th century palaces in Ferrara and Venice, the building.The Italian style gardens have been replaced with more formal

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SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian | * 16th Centuryrevival 18th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Other (Specify) STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

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selection of Italian Renaissance style, and its example from an Italian hill immediate urban encroachment by the institutional buildings around it, yet Greek Revival architecture in its County Courthouse, so also it was fortunate buildingan Theorecreationtofaone ofethe high points of European civilization createsian atmosphere that makes the viewing of art of all periods a total Conservation Communications Military Architecture Transportation Engineering Aboriginal Commerce Religion/Phi Theater losophy Agriculture aesthetic experience. Science Music Prehistoric Landscape Political Literature itarian 1930.

Sculpture Social/Human- ture of the Institute and the willingness of its donor to spare no expense Urban Planning examples of Second Renaissance Revival in Ohio- nor is there a more impres- sive stair in Buckeyeland." Renaissance period in the interior and exterior of the building, the The constant reoccurence of revival architecture as an American action between the downtown area and the Institute without diminishing the was one less frequently copied and rarely as successfully as in the detail and strict adherence to the orignal principles of the Italian overlooking the Miami River curving through the city at that point and becomes a focus for the urban neighborhood that surrounds it.

building of the Dayton Art Institute.As described in Richard N.Campen's Education The irregularity of the site and its hilly location both work to 17th Century the description of the building.The site selection remains tobe amplified. Invention Industry Ohio-an Architectural Portrait"this museum would have to rank as the finest landscaping and attached building,3.the selection of the site on a hill the Villa Farnese regarded as the masterpiece of the famed phenomenon has bequeathed to the country many fine examples of Classic, with a view of the downtown area. of the building chosen by the architect Edward Green on which to base reference books on this period. Detailing of the second factor is found in town, highly appropriate. Its location provides a constant visual inter- beauty of the building (photo 7).

The building is well protected from As Dayton is fortunate in having one of the most beautiful examples of in the selection by Edward Green of the Italian Renaissance Period architec- in money and time to ensure the authenticity and beauty of the Institute Art The success of the building derives from three factors:l.the beauty

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES The Ohio Guide, American Guide Series, Oxford University Press, N.Y., page 272, 1948. Ohio-An Architectural Portrait, Richard N. Campen, West Summit Press, Remade In America, Sheldon S. Brown, 1973, Old Time Bottle Publishing Co. American Art Museums, an introduction to looking, Eloise Spaeth, cont. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PHOPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: 6 acres ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES JUL 1 1 1974 NAME AND TITLE: MAY 23, 1974 DAY TON As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register.

- in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the c-iteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-l 039 MONTGOMERY NATIONAL ORGANIZATION 4405320 Local Seconds LATITUDE COUNTY LONGITUDE CORNER DATE OHIO BOOKS STATE REGISTER Name ATTEST: CODE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE Degrees Minutes Seconds NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION FORMPREPARED BY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES 113 STREET AND NUMBER: T2. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION CITY OR TOWN: UTM forth by the National Park Service. The recommended MARIE D.

FERGUSON, INFORMATION ASSISTANT FOREST AND RIVERVIEW AVENUES Degrees Minutes Title RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY scene - 4. McGraw Hill, 1969 views and floor plans. Architectural Forum 56:556-8, June '32 New building dedicated. Museum News 7:2, March 15, '30 March 29, '30 Art Digest 8:18, August '34 Bulletins, special publications, Fifty Treasures of The Dayton Art Institute, numerous news items, special features and sections of the Journal Herald and JUL 1 1 1974 GP0 921-724 MONTGOMERY DATE STATE COUNTY PERIODICALS NATIONAL REGISTER Dayton Daily News. RECEIVED (Number all entries) primarily concerned with the collection).

ENTRY NUMBER Form 10-300a THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE (One of a number of regional guide books that mentions the buildings but ARCHIVAL MATERIALS Dayton Art Institute; E.B. Green and sons and A.H. Hopkins, architectures: (Continuation Sheet) The building was constructed ata time when modern considerations of major repair and renovations jobs on the the Dayton opens its new art institute.il Art Digest 4:l4 February l,'30 NOV 1 9 (July 1969) maintenance were not in effect.

The building is forty five years old and OHIO erosion will be necessary to retain this significant landmark on the Dayton and electrical systems, and to the exterior sandstone to prevent further New Dayton Institute building given by Mrs.Harrie Carnell.Art News 28:19 Dayton Art Institute.il American Museum Art '30 CONTROL REVIEW Re-submit _ NOV 1 9 1974 INT: 1538-73 KEEPER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST Send-back PHOTOS MAPS Federal Register entry National Register Write-up WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF TECH REVIEW 2/75 11. 74.1/3/ ACCEPT 7.12 374 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mont gomery (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) JUL 1 1 1974 LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * US.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 039 Dayton 113 COUNTY STATE DATE NAME REGISTE different landscaping. The Dayton Art Institute Frank Betz Ohio present are the addition of sign on the facade and PHOTO REFERENCE Front view of the Dayton Art Institute - only changes at 1972 COMMON: IDENTIFICATION CODE ENTRY NUMBER Forest and Riverview Avenue PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) AND/OR HISTORIC: Dayton Art Institute Forest and Riverview, Dayton Ohio PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY ENOV 1 9 1974 NATIONAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mont gomery FOR NPS USE ONLY AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUL 11 1974 Forest and Riverview Avenues CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. enclosed cloisters, College of the Dayton Art Institute * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III- I 039 Dayton 1971 COUNTY Ohio NAME DATE STATE PHOTO REFERENCE rear and Greek Orthodox Church in background. NATIONAL COMMON: IDENTIFICATION Rollyn Puterbaugh The Dayton Art Institute PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 300 North Garland Avenue PHOTO CREDIT: Aerial view of the Dayton Art Institute, showing facade, stairs, NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (7/72) (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) STREET AND NUMBER: REGISTEI CODE The Dautou Cut Tusttute 113 NUMBER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: Mont gomerý AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUL 1 1 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: DAYTON 3, OHIO DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: Rellyn Puterbaugh. 300 N. Garland Ave, Dayton, Ohio DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

* US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 1955 039 STATE DATE Ohio NATIONAL CODE NAME Rollyn Puterbaugh The Dayton Art Institute PHOTO REFERENCE COMMON: Forest and Riverview Avenues PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM Gothic Cloister of the Dayton Art Institute ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: FOR NPS USE ONLY NOV 1 9 1974 IDENTIFICATION REGISTER 113 OHO Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Forest and Riverview Avenues CITY OR TOWN: JUL 111974 REGISTER DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: _unknown DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 III - 1 039 1955 Dayton Montgomery COUNTY DATE STATE CODE Ohio IDENTIFICATION COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES The Dayton Art Institute Bob Doty (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) PHOTO CREDIT: Italian Renaissance Cloister of the Dayton Art Institute. PHOTO PHOTO REFERENCE 113 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mont gomery FOR NPS USE ONLY NAM AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: Forest and Riverview Avenues CITY OR TOWN: PHOTO CREDIT: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * US.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1973-729-152/ 1446 III - 1 039 Dayton 1971 113 COUNTY 1974 STATE DATE Rollyn Puterbaugh Ohio CODE REGISTER Aerial view from downtown Dayton looking across the Miami COMMON: River to the Dayton Art Institute. IDENTIFICATION ENTRY NUMBER The Dayton Art Institute NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) PHOTO REFERENCE PHO Rollyn Puterbaugh, 300 N Garland Ave, Dayton, Ohio NATIONAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Mont gomery (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION Forest and Riverview Avenues CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: J.C. Shepherd & Charles Scribner's & Son, N.Y. DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

designed by Vignola, the inspiration for the facade of the * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 II - 1 039 1925 113 Dayton DATE COUNTY REGISTER NATIONAL STATE Ohio COMMON: CODE The Dayton Art Institute IDENTIFICATION STREET AND NUMBER: PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (7/72) FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME 1 11974 2. Plans for the Casino at the Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Italy RECEIVED PHOTO REFERENCE MONTCOMEny CO. REGISTER NATIONAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CODE COUNTY: Mont gomery Xerox of Plate 21A from Italian Gardens of the Renaissance NEGATIVE FILED AT: Charles Scribner's and Son. N.Y. DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1973-729-152/1446 I - I 1925 039 113 Dayton DATE NAME STATE Ohio The Dayton Art Institute CODE IDENTIFICATION COMMON: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) that at the Dayton Art Institute. AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES STREET AND NUMBER: FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: Forest and Riverview Avenues DATE OF PHOTO: (7/72) LOCA TION Caprorala, Ataly Staircase and facade of the Villa Farnese PHOTO REFERENCE REGISTER I 11974 NATIONAL RECEIVED UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1. NAME NUMERIC CODE (Assigned by NPS) NOV 1 9 1974 2. LOCATION 3.

MAP REFERENCE USGS 7.5'Series, Dayton, North, Ohio 1:24 000 REQUIREMENTS: PROPERTY BOUNDARIES, WHERE REQUIRED, AND NORTH ARROW: JUL 1 1 1974 GPO 932.010 1965 Montgomery Dayton TOWN DATE COUNTY COMMON Dayton Art Institute NATIONAL REGISTER SOURCE STATE SCALE AND/OR HISTORIC PROPERTY MAP FORM Forest and Riverview Avenues STREET AND NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Form 10-301 (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) Ohio RECEIVED MEST DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DAYTON NORTH, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) UNITED STATES STATE OHIO NOV 1 9 1974 Hon. Howard M. Metzenbaur Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon, Charles W. Whalen, Jt. Mr. Charles C.

Pratt PR MMOTT: p1 11.21.74 Location Name Also Notified Montgonery County Date Entered Sycamore School ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Erie County Dayton State Historic Preservation Officer Point Pleasant vicinity Regional Director,Midwest Region Acting Director Clarke Farm Site Hon. Charles E. Moaher Sandusky Clernont County Hon.William H. Harsha The Ohio Historical Society Interstate $71 at 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211