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HPS Form 10.000 National Park Service (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property other names/site number Amber Rose European Delicatessen and Catering Service, Inc. 2. Location street & number 1400 Valley Street J not for publication city, town state Ohia code OH zip code 45404 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property Lx private X building(s) _ sites -public-Federal 'Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _ 0 4.
State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,as amended, I hereby certify that this Xnomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60 Signature of certifying official Signature of commenting or other official 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Mentered in the National Register. determined eligible for the National determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register.
other, (explain:) Date of Action Dayton object Noncontributing district vicinity public-local structure Registration Form REGISTER public-State NATIONAL Total National Register of Historic Places National Register. See continuation sheet. State or Federal agency and bureau United States Department of the Interior This form is for use innominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts.See instructions in Guidelines JUN 2 8.1991 for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering Sig's General Store Register. Soe continuation sheet. and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets In my opinion, the property Idoes not meet the National Register criteria.
soe continuation sheet. 113 county Montgomery Date historic name Ohio 6-18-91 o. runcuon ur use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) COMMERCE/specialty store Commerce/Trade/Specialty Store RECREATION & CUTURE/Other: ethnic social hall 1. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) Jate 19th and eary 20th century.. Sig's General Store, constructed on the corner of Valley Street 'center bay is a recessed doorway which opens out on a balcony with design and easily removable was added at the entrance. These parts of the building were reconstructed exactly using the material. Fortunately, the significant public spaces, including the first story general store and the facade, were not impacted by the X] Soe continuation sheet Exterior fire.
The Prairie Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) remaining historic fabric and historic photographs as documentary receded under the.overhanging second story which is supported by pipe Describe present and historic physical appearance. detriment to cold weather business, a wind screen compatible in The main facade is three bays wide:the first story storefront is rehabilitation, this staircase was put back in its origiri interior and Bickmore Avenue in 1912,is a deep rectangular frame Commercial roof_composition shingle Iocation, but the exterior staircase was retained to meet fire code walls_wood The left side of the building has six bays and the right side has During rehabilitation (three weeks before the Amber Rose was back section of the second floor and the roof was severely damaged. interior staircase to the outside of the building. During columns.
building has two interior chimneys. .the back corners are first and second storyrecessed porches.Hip roof scheduled to open),the building suffered a serious fire in which the square cut wood balustrade..Windows are large 1/1 double hung sash The central double doorway is recessed and is flanked by with crown molding and lug sills.Because the winter drafts were a NPS Form 10-000 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sig's General Store, Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County The front section of the first story of the Amber Rose was previously, the original staircase leading up to the second story The second-story above the deli was originally a recreation room and to be rebuilt following the disastrous October 1989 fire.
Page Interior the decorative tin ceiling which is supported by pipe columns.A recreation room was reinstalled in its original off-center left location in the front section of the store during rehabilitation. building was living quarters for the large family of Sigmond part of the original furniture also remains.As mentioned Section number 7 originally the general store.It is now the delicatessen and Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: IX locally Applicable National Register Criteria Period of Significance 1912 - 1931 ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL HISTORY is the best example of a general store and ethnic social center excellent example of the simply-styled, family-operated commercial many urban neighborhoods in this period.
World and east coast cities crowded into Dayton to meet the need of bounded by the C&0 Railroad on the north, the B&0 Railroad on the west, the Mad River to the east and south to Keowee and First settlement did not occur until the 1880s when Germans moved into the Although the neighborhood included Germans, Irish, and not a noticeable presence until the very last years of the nineteenth century. By 1902, Father Strzelczok, the Polish priest, reported majority lived in North Dayton. A number resided in the vicinity of St. Adalbert Polish Catholic Church, which was located on Valley Serbs.
Significant Person See continuation sheet Significant Dates native-born Americans, its character vas increasingly determined by Architect/Builder Lithuanians, but there were also Croatians, Russians, Bulgarians, and these Eastern European groups were the and that there were about forty Polish families and sixty single men. Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Although the first Poles arrived in Dayton in 1877,they were largest immigrant neighborhood was the area known as North Dayton Between 1885-1920, Eastern European immigrants from the O1d not become known as North Dayton until about 1890.
Significant establishment which was such an integral part of the streetscape of the city's rapidly expanding industries for unskilled labor.The the Eastern Europeans who streamed into Noiti Dayton seeking Cultural Affiliation United States Department of the Interlor Sig's Genral Store, Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County Since 1950, Old North Dayton has experienced considerable adverse restaurant, is again an important part of the commercial life of The period of significance reflects the historical association with Eastern European Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Eastern European cultural heritage in Dayton history. and Judith Petrokas, it has been restored using the historic tax Catering Service, Inc.
living quarters for his wife and six children.It extended beyond credits and reopened as the Amber Rose European Delicatessen and its commercial functions, however - it was also the social center of Sig's General Store is an excellent example of an ethnic Sigmond Ksiezopo1ski was born in Cracow,Po1and National Park Service Sigmond first opened a store in a small building on the west Street just one block north of Sig's General Store. located in the a pinochle game,"Sig's Pinochle Section number - side of Valley Street in 1906. National Park Service recommendations at the fifty year mark. His business venture must have been Moskowitz to supply labor to Barney and Smith.An active member of In the large room upstairs, customers could the Polish community, he was one of the founders of St. Adalbert's. the Polish community.
retired ca.1946 and passed the store to his son, Julian, who then ample room to house a general store as well as to provide comfortable store in the Kossuth Colony, the walled labor colony established by however, 0id North Dayton, the city's largest twentieth century College,"was constantly in session in the back of the store.Sig in 1912 he built the present building across the NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service The Sig's General Store represents a vernacular interpretation of the Prairie style overhanging eaves, emphasis of horizontal lines on the facade, and squared balusters the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Historic Rehabilitation and maintains high degree of integrity. National Register of Historic Places Page - and porch supports.
It is of frame construction, 1-3 stories in height, and reflects popular include, the low pitched hip roof, front hip dormer, symetrical front entry, wide Section number 8 (8-86) 9., Major Bibllographical References Gannon, Loren. Preservation Certification Application, Part 1, Evaluation of X preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: J State historic preservation office previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark Jrecorded by Historic American Buildings EOther Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Specity repository: Record i. Montgomery Co. Historical Society, Dayton - Mont.Co. Library, Present Owner 10. Geographical Data the City of Dayton. The boundary includes the city lots which have historically been associated 1I1.
Form Prepared By name/title - Claudia Watson, Director of Preservation Services organization - Montgomery County Historical Society - date May 1, 1991 7 North Main Street _ zip code 45402 Dayton Local government University Easting Zone Significance. See continuation sheet Federal agency Boundary Justification Northing has been requested Verbal Boundary Description Previous documentation on file (NPS): with the property. Other State agency UTM References The nominated property occupies Lots 32745, 32746, and 32747 situated in city or town Survey # street & number - Doren, Alice. - telephone (513) 228-6271 - state Saint Adalbert's Polish Roman Catholic Church.
"Seventy-Fifth Acreage of property less than one acre Jubilee." "Foreigners in Dayton: An Investigation." Young A [116/ 174335,0 - NPS Form 10-000e United States Department of the Interior National Park Service PHOTOGRAPHS - Sig's General Store (Amber Rose Deli) Dayton, Ohio, Montgomery County Section number - screen on the main entrance. 8. Interior view showing pressed tin ceiling, staircase, wooden 12. Streetscape- Looking southwest on Valley Street from the The following information applies to all of the above photographs: Photographer: Claudia Watson Dates photographs were taken: May, 199l southwest. Page floor. Continuation Sheet Amber Rose. National Register of Historic Places Looking southwest. Rose Delicatessen): which was reconstructed after a disastrous fire. into place during restoration. meeting room).
Interior view showing original staircase which was put back The following photographs document Sig's General Store (the Amber pressed tin ceiling, pole supports, wooden floor. 9. Interior view of general store. Looking northeast on Valley Street from the Location of negatives: Montgomery County Historical Society, Dayton, Ohio 3. East elevation with exterior staircase. Looking southwest. 4. Front facade and west elevation. Looking southeast. 11. Interior view showing upstairs recreation room. Looking Showing entrance without the 10.Interior view showing upstairs recreation room the CMB Approvel No.
10240018 Unlted States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number - NRIS Reference Number: Sig's General store Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included fur Signature of the Keeper Date of Action There is a discrepancy in the dates for the Period of Page Montgomery DISTRIBUTION: State: Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Amended Items in Nomination: in the nomination documentation. Property Name: Multiple Name SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD County: This property is listed in the National Register of Historic subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) include this information.
National Register property file NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: NOMINATOR: STATE - LESS THAN 50 YEARS: N PDIL: N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: SLR DRAFT: Y COMMENT WAIVER: N DATE REJECT 6/28/91 PROPERTY 8/12/91 7/31/91 REVIEWER RETURN DISCIPLINE MULTIPLE NATIONAL: OTHER: ACCEPT NAME: DATE RECEIVED: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REASONS FOR REVIEW: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECOM./CRITERIA Sig's General Store STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Montgomery REFERENCE NUMBER: APPEAL:N LANDSCAPE: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS : 91000974 see attached SLR Y7N -resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _summary paragraph _applicable criteria _context _relationship of integrity to significance GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage verbal boundary description ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _USGS maps - Phone FUNCTION Period other materials CLASSIFICATION clarity Builder/Architect DESCRIPTION BIBLIOGRAPHY SIGNIFICANCE _current Date Signed _historic architectural classification _count Specific dates justification of areas checked _completeness justification of exception OTHER COMMENTS Areas of Significance--Check and justify below relating significance to the resource Statement of Significance