Nomination for Traxler Mansion

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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MAR 15 1979 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES APR 2 4 1979 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER 42 Yale Avenue - NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _DISTRICT X PRIVATE PARK XWORK IN PROGRESS X PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION _IN PROCESS _YES: UNRESTRICTED GOVERNMENT _BEING CONSIDERED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY J. Gerard Callahan, Jr., Attorney Suite 1514, One First National Plaza Ohio 45402 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION Third & St.

Mary's Streets 6 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Ohio 43211 039 LOCATION Montgomery COUNTY BOTH HISTORIC CODE UNOCCUPIED CLASSIFICATION DATE Dayton ACCESSIBLE NAME Columbus STATE CATEGORY 113 OWNERSHIP INDUSTRIAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION STATUS RECEIVED Ohio August 1977 _ENTERTAINMENT Chio Historic Inventory _STRUCTURE TRAXLER MANSION XBUILDING(S) DATE ENTERED XNO _SCIENTIFIC _COMMERCIAL Ohio Historical Society _RELIGIOUS _OBJECT COURTHOUSE. _EDUCATIONAL III - MILITARY _SITE -OTHER: PH0678244 TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC. Courthouse - Montgomery County Building -FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL AGRICULTURE MUSEUM TITLE XORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

of brick laid in flemish bond. Quoins of smooth ash-lar are placed at all terminals and surrounding every window and entrance. Bays one and three of the the three bay facade are advancing pavilions. The entrance smooth stone surround. The doorway is segmental, with a single light and a wrought iron grill. A semicircular lunette is found above the door, also above the door is There are wall dormers at the top of each bay, they are pedimented with returns The south side of the Traxler Mansion exhibits a neo-classical porch made of a very high pitched hip roof of tile. the Traxler back to its original condition. CONDITION UNEXPOSED above.

DESCRIPTION FAIR XGOOD EXCELLENT A-three-car garage and servants quarter sites detached to-northeast.The lion masks.There is a small window on either side of the entrance with a stone panel _DETERIORATED caused a great deal of damage to this building, however, much is being done to bring a glass canopy supported by chains that are anchored in the mouth of a pair of story-and-a-half garage is in the same Chateauesque Style. 6/6 double hung sash.A 4/4 double hung sash mullion window is found in the center CHECK ONE The three bay structure sits on a high stone foundation.The masonry walls are made XUNALTERED _RUINS structure there is a porte-cochere. There are also a pair of large semicircular The windows on the first range are boarded, they are very large with a segmental transom. A stone course divides the ranges. The windows of the second range are resting on pilasters.

A pair of oval dormers are found between the bays. windows, and a wall dormer with a segmental pediment. The building is capped with Both the front entrance and the porte-cochere lead to an enormous hall. Much of the original woodwork and paneling remain intact.Multiple occupancy and vandalism is in the center bay and has straight stone steps leading to it.The entrance has a AREAS OF

Statement of significance

The Traxler Mansion is an excellent example of the Chateauesque Style. It is now partially restored but again threatened and up for sale. I recommend treatment as an Louis Traxler was born in Austria in 1864. The family moved to the United States in 1883. After a brief residence in Pennsylvania and Indiana, Traxler came to Dayton in 1899. He began his own mercantile business, which prospered and grew. the owner of the Pickrell Plumbing Company and also the president of the North Dayton his own restaurant in downtown Dayton. During the war, the house was divided into apartments. In 1941, 42 Yale became a Ongoing survey work in Dayton has not identified any other example of the Chateauesque style executed in such grand manner in the remainder of the city. The rising to a flat ridge which featureshighly unique oval dormer windows. 1929. 1600-1699 emergency.

ENGINEERING ART 1700-1799 EDUCATION RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LAW PERIOD Savings Bank. LITERATURE PHILOSOPHY BUILDER/ARCHITECT SIGNIFICANCE CONSERVATION INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE 1911 ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC THEATER X1900- LCOMMUNICATIONS boarding house. _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT XARCHITECTURE _ECONOMICS _1800-1899 TRAXLER MANSION _TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE _1500-1599 _SCULPTURE _1400-1499 POLITICS/GOVERNMENT MILITARY _COMMERCE Louis Traxlerpurchased the property at 42 Yale Avenue in1909.In 191l,the In l933,the house was sold to Frank R.Baker,a salesman.Baker later opened - MUSIC most noteworthy Chateauesque aspect of the property is the steeply-hipped tile roof _INVENTION

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Culkins, W. C., eds. Memoirs of the Miami Valley. Vol. #3 Chicago: Robert O. Law Company, 1919. 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Less than one acre UTM REFERENCES 5 VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE - FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Loren S. Gannon, Jr. Michael L.

Scanlon and Judy Neal Montgomery County Historical Society STREET & NUMBER 7 North Main Street CITY OR TOWN Ohio., 45402 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION LOCAL X NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National 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 criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER T KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE 4- 23.79 GPO 921-803 NORTHING 513-228-6271 DATE TELEPHONE Dayton COUNTY CODE ORGANIZATION Montgomery County Recorders Office (Deeds) ATTEST: ZONE EASTING William's Dayton City Directories.

Dayton: William's Directory Company QUADRANGLE SCALE 1: 24,000 All of the property contained in lot number 24642 as described in the deed. THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: ZONE 800 Director Ohio Histoncal Society Review - Send-back - Inventory OTHER KEEPER Maps HAER Re-submit Property CONTROL Photos Federal Register Entry State United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up REVIEW UNIT CHIEF BRANCH CHIEF TECHNICAL ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN 4.23.79 4.23.78 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio MAR 15 1973 Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Region 5HA APR 2 4 #1. Facade from the north Traxler Mansion August 78 MAR 15 1978 Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Region SHA APR 2 4 1979 #2. West Side Traxler Mansion August 78 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio MAR 15 1979 August 78 Traxler Mansion Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Region 5HA #3.

East side from the northwest APR 2 4 1979 Loren S. Gannon, Jr., Region 5HA MAR 15 1979 #4. Porte-Cochere and Garage Traxler Mansion August 78 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE DAYTON NORTH, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 16/738560/4405830 UNITED STATES Dr. William Murtagh, Keeper MAR 1-5 1979 U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Dr. Murtagh: Traxler Mansion, Montgomery County Palace Theater, Stark County Old St. Patrick's Church, Lorain County Starr House and Carriage Barns, Lorain County Wellington Historic District, Lorain County Director, Ohio Historical Society THS: cw Sincerely, REGISTER State Historic Preservation Officer RECEIVED Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service The resubmissions are as follows: hio Historic Preservation Office nomination currently pending in your office.

Stemen Road Covered Bridge, Fairfield County The emergency nominations either have grants pending their listing or are One additional photograph is also submitted for the Fort Ball-Railroad Historic Lansdowne House, Darke County National Register of Historic Places The regular_submissions which have also been approved by the Board are: threatened in a way that could be counterbalanced by the National the state review board: District, Seneca County, currently pending in your office. Thomas H. Smith Saxton House, Stark County Please let me know ifwe can provide any additional information. 18th & C Streets, N.W. March 9, submissions, five resubmissions, and one additional photograph for a Hardin County Courthouse, Hardin County U.S. Post Office, Wood County Enclosed are four emergency National Register nominations, two regular new.

McConnellsville Historic District, Morgan County APR 2 4 1979 Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Dr. Thomas H. Smith Columbus, Ohio 43211 Byers/bjr Dayton Location 4/27/79 Montgomery County Name Traxler Mansion Director Also Notified The Ohio Historical Society State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable John H. Glenn Date Entered Honorable Tony P. Hall STATE OHIO Interstate 7lat17th Avenue ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401.