Nomination for Lindsey Building

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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service date entered See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms Type all entries - complete applicable sections Name and or common street & number -not for publication city, town - vicinity of X state Mont gomery Present Use - district _ unoccupied -agriculture - private X commercial _ structure work in progress - private residence . religious in process - other: 4. Owner of Property Manuel D. Mayerson Associates Incorporated courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Montgomery County Recorders Office 451 West Third Street has this property been determined eligible? X yes X federal depository for survey records 1985 Velma Avenue Ohio 45211 both 039 museum 2. Location Accessible Category Dayton Cincinnati county government date code transportation 5.

Location of Legal Description entertainment site historic Columbus Status educational industrial local Ownership object title scientific park Inventory-Nomination Form Ohio National Register of Historic Places 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Public Acquisition 3. Classification being considered X building(s) Ohio Historical Society November 1983 (3-82) military The Lindsey Building National Register D.o.E. 25 South Main Street 503 Dixie Terminal Building NPS Form 10-900 For NPS use only Exp. 10-31-84 MAR 14 19C0 X public X yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted Ohio 45202 113 OMB No.1024-0018 - excellent X unaltered X original site Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

commercialbusiness district in Dayton, Ohio. A privately owned commercial building, it currently stands vacant except for a street-level retail store. Situated on the western side of Main Street, the building is in the same block as the Arcade Building (NR, 6/18/75) complex and the Kuhns Bullding (NR, 6/18/75) both of which are on the National Register. The Commercial style twelve-story structure is rectangular in plan (four bays storefront covers the first 2 1/2 floors with a recessed entrance located in its left bay.

The third floor has short, recessed multi-light windows on a double-hung sash, rectangular with flat arch vertical joint stretch, header panels with stone bases and "capital" flanked bays, all capped by a decorative century utilized a tripartite design, generally a two story base, a unique among the remaining high rise examples in Dayton because the narrowness of detail in the central shaft so that the majority of its decorative treatments, which are classified in nature, are found on the uppermost levels high-rise bulldings in the city. Condition moved unexposed fair ruins 7. Description treatment in the uppermost position.The Lindsey Building however seems to be roof as does a two-story recessed storage penthouse. Check one wide and seven bays deep) and is faced in stretcher-bond bricks.A modern -deteriorated The LINDSEY BUILDING (c.

1917) is located in the heart of the of its lot resulted in a strikingly tall and slender buliding which projects Virtually all of Dayton's high-rise commercial bulldings of the early 20th date multi-story center shaft, and a one or two story cornice.The Lindsey where the heavy terra cotta cornice juts outward much like its contemporary 8.

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Significance Areas of Significance - Check and justify below landscape architecture X architecture . commerce exploration settlement X. 1900- politics government -transportation other (specify) Builder Architect Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) distinct characteristics of the early 20th century style through its commercial growth of downtown Dayton during the early twentieth century. The Lindsey Bullding, built by Theodore Lindsey, has been part of the Dayton Savings and Loan Company, the Mutual Home and Savings Association, and a host of other commercial concerns, its local importance stems from the development of the central Dayton business district. "Main Street Is one of the few, if only, streets in the downtown which portrays a strong visually cohesive, urban image which is rooted in the traced to two major factors, a well-drawn, workable city plan and a history of architectural development characterized by evolutionary rather than revolutionary architectural designs.

Daniel Cooper's plan for the city of Dayton belles its early-nineteenth the commercial growth and served the functional needs of the city throughout the nineteenth century. As Cooper had planned, Main Street quickly became the The first phase in Dayton's Main Street development occurred during this special-function construction followed this same general pattern.

1800-1899 1700-1799 1500-1599 1600-1699 1400-1499 economics philosophy conservation Unknown invention humanitarian archeology-historic engineering communications education industry literature music archeology-prehistoric Period art religion theater science 1917 prehistoric social/ sculpture law agriculture military Specific dates -communityplanning of masonry construction;few topped four stories in heights.New, century origins.Dayton's wide rights-of-way and large block-grids sparked major north-south pathway and a developmental spine for Dayton.The The Lindsey Building is significant under criterion A and C as displaying the tripartite arrangement and classical inspired detail and reflecting the architectural and historical content which influenced its construction, the construction of the courthouse in 1850, established Dayton as a focal point of commercial or converted residential structures.

Most of these buildings were Main Street scene since 1917.Although the building has housed the Miami City of Dayton Deed Records Williams' City Directory 1917, 1918, 1920. Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 UT M References Verbal boundary description and justification Lot #179 of the City Lot Numbering System List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries State June 6, 1984 street & number The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. State Historic Preservation Officer signature For NPS use only Keeper of the National Register Chief of Registration U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1983 0 - 419-311 date code Northing county name/title Zone Easting 11.

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

Form Prepared By national telephone local Attest: 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Teresa Prosser 2516 Auburn Ave. 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification (513) 277-6274 city or town Ohio 45406 Quadrangle name L414/014/51210 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 "Main Street Policy Statement," City of Dayton Planning Department, September 29, 1982.

Dayton North Acreage of nominated property less than one United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Inventory - Nomination Form The Lindsey Building, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Continuation sheet The fourth quarter of the nineteenth century brought major changes in terms of remained essentially a "low-rise" city. of building development in Dayton, one which would continue until the "high rises" structures, which incorporated retail functions at street-level, Later construction, which includes the Third National Building, the Biltmore late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century building fabric in the central business district form an extremely cohesive and uniform visual "street-wal|", while accomodating a variety of uses and functions.

Because it lacks the massiveness and scale of the other buildings in its height classification, and because it is located in what is otherwise a "low-rise" urban block, the Lindsey Building dramatically illustrates a Fransitional stage between a low-density, pre-elevator Dayton, and the high-density, glass-and-steel office towers which characterize the most recent phase in its urban development. September 29, 1982), p. 5. 4 lbid., p. 8. All the buildings mentioned above still stand. Page (3-82) received National Register of Historic Places date entered For NPS use only NPS Form 10-900-8 Item number 8 MB No. 1024-00 xp. 10-31-8 physical appearance, intensity of usage, and function to downtown in general and to Main Street in particular. Technological advances prompted growth in entertainment, retall-manufacturing, industry, commerce and government.

With the technological refinement of the elevator came the second generation generally fell into two height classifications: The Reibold Building with its (170") and the American Building (170") (NR, 10/14/75)typify the second. Hotel and Lindsey Building, followed these same general proportions, and in most instances, utilized similar architectural detailing. As a result, the beginning of the Great Depression. This phase was characterized by large The Lindsey Building contributes to this.grouping in rather unique way. WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET 1 4 1985 Fed. Reg. Date:of nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: .

Jappeal -sample J request Reviewer's comments: _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: - _technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description -unaltered J deteriorated -original site -excellent summary paragraph moved Accessible yes Ownership completeness REJECT fair Condition ruins RETURN Reviewer Category Discipline Recom./Criteria Status Lindsey Buildiing unexposed clarity Montgomery County Action: boundary selection Working No.

National Register alterations/integrity Substantive Review: resubmission NR decision Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Entered in tha Present Use Check one Date Due: FEB OHIO good Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) relating significance to the resource - other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: State Historic Preservation Officer signature - Date .

Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - - Phone: Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Signed completeness clarity Builder/Architect context Period title state national Maps Photographs applicable criteria 8. Significance relationship of integrity to significance summary paragraph UTM References justification of areas checked justification of exception _local Galrenkamp SALE 1621-2371 5/31/84 The Lindsey Bulding 25 S. hair 5/31/84 The Lindsey Building Gallenkamp 5/31/84 DAYTON NORTH QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DAYTON NORTH, OHIO OHIO - MONTGOMERY CO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION Dayton,Ohio