Nomination for Smith, Edwin, House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev. 6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE X County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE AUG 1 3 1974 Dayton Bicycle Club AND/ OR HISTORIC: Smith, Edwin, House (Craighead House) 451 West Third STreet 3rd - Charles W. Whalen, Jr. N039 3. CLASSIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC X Building - Unoccupied - In Process X Restricted - Preservation work - Transportation - Comments * Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: Mrs. Katherine K. Brown 5. LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Montgomery County Recorder's Office JUL 3 0 1974 16.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: Montgomery County Landmark Committee Report DATE OF SURVEY: - Federal Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: The Old Court House Dayton 1968 Montgomery 113 Ohio Military LOCATION Religious Site Commercial STATE OWNERSHIP Entertainment Government ACCESSIBLE STATUS Private Both Educational District CATEGORY NATIONAL CODE Structure Park NAME Scientific REGISTER Yes: Museum Public Private Residence Industrial Agricultural Being Considered CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: Keowee Street Public Acquisition: Webster Street DATE Montgomery County Historical Society Object OWNER OF PROPERTY STREET AND NUMBER: (Check One) CITY OR TOWN: (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) 131 West PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ENTRY NUMBER COMMON: Estate of Mr.

Grafton Kennedy DESCRIPTION X Excellent - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved Ox Original Site The Edwin Smith House is a three-story Renaissance revival townhouse pilasters, sidelights, and a plain transom. Plain stone trim frames windows are 1/1 with plain cornices. The third floor has two small, by plain scroll brackets. the arched windows added to the first floor in 1925, the structure has been covered with stucco, stone trim and a simple cornice has been added at the entry, small iron balcony railings were added to the second floor windows, and iron grillwork covers the third floor windows. The front porch has been extended out to the sidewalk and a stone wall with iron railings surrounds it. Inside, a handsome vestibule contains a spectacular three-story Victorian and, largely unaltered, it is in excellent condition.

The veranda was replaced by the prsent club dining room in 1908. A card room was added to the rear of the dining room about 1925. A lavoratory and janitor's closet recently replaced a porch on the west side. JUL 3 0 1974 Ruins NATIONAL REGISTER Fair the only remaining structure in the central city which hasa double (bridged) The ridge line of the gable roof runs parallel to the street.This is (Check One) Good DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

stone quoins. The main entrance, reached by a flight of stone steps, chimney peak profile which was once very popular in Dayton. The interior architecture is decidely early additions, all to the rear and hidden from public view. A back the entrance. To the right, where there had been a single, tall CONDITION circular staircase.T

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SIGNIFICANCE - 18th Century - Urban Planning - Political - Engineering - Religion/Phi- - Other (Specify) - Industry - Invention - Science - Landscape - Sculpture - Transportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

Ihis grand townhouse was built in 1850 by distinguished Daytonian, Dr. Edwin Smith. Democrat Smith was active in local politics and a member advocate of "Popular Sovereignty" and Democratic candidate for president, was a house guest in September 1859. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln were Montgomery County Medical Society and was appointed to the state board that selected Dayton as site for the Dayton State Mental Hospital Highly respected lawyer Samuel Craighead purchased the house in 1872 for That famous dissenter edged out his challenger by only 134 votes. Personal respect between the two men must have overcome political animosity for Craighead was a pallbearer at Vallandigham's funeral. The house was sold to Louise Kennedy by the Craighead heirs in May 1893 for $20,000. It was leased in 1909 to the Aeolian Piano Company and subsequently to the Dayton Bicycle Club in 1915.

active men's club in Dayton, founded in 1884. Its name logically comes from the founders' interest in cycling as the prime outdoor sport for provided a downtown rallying place for many of Dayton's most illustrious The Edwin Smith House is one of few remaining early urban dwellings in features of the home have been carefully preserved by the tradition threatened by the locally funded Court House Square Urban Renewal Project. and razing the house. Architecture Conservation Communications Commerce losophy Aboriginal Education Literature Pre-Columbian Agriculture Prehistoric itarian Music Social/Human- in the adoption of Dayton's City Manager Charter, the nation's first Germantown to unseat U.S. Representative C.L.Vallandigham in 1860.

Military important city to employ a city manager.The Dayton Bicycle Club PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Theater $20,000. Craighead, a Pennsylvanian, migrated west to Dayton in 1844. a Whig. Sam Craighead was nominated by the Republican convention at The Dayton Bicycle Club holds the distinction of being the oldest still Dayton. The house stands in the heart of the city and the interior conscious Bicycle Club. This historic and architectural landmark is at the time following each other through southwestern Ohio exchanging Trained in law, he immediately began to practice and entered politics as 1850-1852 leader LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE LENTER POINI OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: JUL 3 O 1974

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FORM PREPARED BY Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Preservationist STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION 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 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: * U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-147/1442 3-1 039 1974 1882. Local Dayton ORGANIZATION COUNTY LATITUDE LONGITUDE STATE DATE CORNER ATTEST: Title Name CODE NATIONAL REGISTER Ohio MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION Degrees Minutes Seconds Montgomery County Historical Society Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 1969. National Register. Press, 1959.

NAME AND TITLE: The Old Court House Whiffen, Marcus. Conover, Charlotte Reeve. Steele, Robert G. and Mary Davies. 10. GEOGRAPHICAL RECEIVED forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation less than one Seconds Degrees New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1932. American Architecture Since 1780,A Guide to the Styles. CONTROL REVIEW HISTOR IAN Send-back _ AUG 1 3 1974 KEEPER Entered PROPERTY STATE PHOTOS Re-submit National Register Write-up TECH REVIEW MAPS BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Montgomery Federal Register entry Dct. 1, 11974 7.31 Form No.

10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mont gomery AUG 1 3 Dayton Bicycle Club LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC 1974 039 Dayton NAME IDENTIFICATION STATE COUNTY DATE Montgomery County Historical Society Ohio REGISTE COMMON: CODE ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO REFERENCE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY South (front) facade, looking northwest toward the Y.W.C.A. (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) (7/72) 131 West Third Street NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PHOTO CREDIT: AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Smith, Edwin, House (Craighead House) Loren S. Gannon, Jr. U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 87 6. 1 67 Form No.

10-301g Mont gomery (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) AUG 13 1974 LOCA TION CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 1974 039 Dayton DATE COUNTY NAME STATE 113 CODE COMMON: Montgomery County Historical Society Drawing room looking south toward the street. Ohio IDENTIFICATION PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 131 West Third Street NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR HISTORIC: FOR NPS USE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Dayton Bicycle Club STREET AND NUMBER: (7 /72) U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 87 6 - 167 PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT: Smith, Edwin, House House) Loren S. Gannon, Jr. OPEN DAY and NIG IDEA SHOE REPAIRING COLUMBIA RESTAURANT REPAIRING NEW IDEA SHOE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Form No.

10-301a Mont gomery AUG 1.3.1974 NAME AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION JUL S Wiltiam Lutzenberger DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: uo torn down. PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1925-1935 113 Dayton 039 STATE DATE COUNTY Ohio IDENTIFICATION CODE Dayton-Montgomery County Public Library COMMON: (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM View looking northwest; adjacent structures now NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STREET AND NUMBER: (7/72) 131 West Third Street CITY OR TOWN: Dayton Bicycle Club + 1974 DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. PHOTO REFERENCE REGISTER Smith, Edwin, House House) Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (7 /72) AUG 1 3 1974 Dayton Bicycle Club LOCA TION JOL 3 0 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

Paneled dining room, looking south into the reception 1974 039 Montgomery room. Dayton COUNTY DATE NAME STATE IDENTIFICATION Ohio Montgomery County Historical Society PHOTO REFERENCE CODE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM REGISTER COMMON: 131 West Third Street ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER PHOTO CREDIT: Smith, Edwin, House (Craighead House) AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: Loren S. Gannon, Jr. NATIONAL 113 Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mont gomery (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) AUG 1 3 1974 STREET AND NUMBER: DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. 039 1974 113 Dayton DATE IDENTIFICATION NAME LOCATION STATE COUNTY Ohio Circular stairway in vestibule.

COMMON: CODE PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 131 West Third Street Montgomery County Historical Society Dayton Bicycle Club PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER ENTRY NUMBER PHOTO CREDIT: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND/OR HISTORIC: FOR NPS USE ONLY CITY OR TOWN: REGISTE (7/72) Smith. Edwin, House (Craighead House) US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 876 - 167 PHOTO REFERENCE Loren S. Gannon, Jr. RECEIVED NATIONAI Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mont gomery AUG 1.3.1974 Dauton Bicycle Club AND/OR HISTORIC: LOCA TION STREET AND NUMBER: CITY OR TOWN: 3 0 1974 DATE OF PHOTO: NEGATIVE FILED AT: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 113 Dayton 039 STATE COUNTY DATE REGISTE COMMON: NATIONAL Ohio PHOTO REFERENCE CODE Montgomery County Historical Society Front facade, looking north.

PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM 876.167 PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: IDENTIFICATION (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) ENTRY NUMBER (7/72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 131 West Third Street FOR NPS USE ONLY NAME DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. JUL 3 0 1974 Smith, Edwin, House (Craighead House) Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) ENTRY NUMBER AUG 1 3 1974 AND/OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUM BER: CITY OR TOWN: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. JUL 3 0 1974 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

1965 113 039 Montgomery Dayton LOCATION REQUIREMENTS COUNTY STATE Ohio DATE NATIONAL CODE NAME COMMON: SCALE: SOURCE: RECEIVED MAP REFERENCE Smith, Edwin, House (Craighead House) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Dayton Bicycle Club 131 West Third Street U.S.G.S. Dayton North 7.5' Quadrangle 75 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) DAYTON NORTH, OHIO UNITED STATES DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dayton Bicycle Club DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR E 740300 OHIO MONTGOMERY CO. Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Hon. Clarence Brown, Jr. Hon. Charles W. Whalen, Jr. Eon. Charles A.

Van1k Hon, Samuel Lu Devine Coluabus, Onio 43211 Dayton Location STATE MMott/row Name 8/16/74 North Union Shaker Site Central College vicinity Clark County Cuyahoga County Montgomery County Director ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Franklin County Shaker Heights and Cleveland Springfield vicinity Brewer Log House Regional Director, Midwest Region State Historic Preservation Officer Also Notified Saith, Edwin, House Interstate 7l at 17th Ave. The Ohio Hfstorical Society AUG 1 3 1974 Mr. Daniel R. Porter Hon.Howard M. Metzenbaum Date Entered