932 Dayton Street (House), Cincinnati

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932 Dayton Street., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Within the Dayton Street Historic District, USGS Covington Quadrangle, Universal Transverse Mercator Coordinates: and Community Church of Cincinnati Community Church of Cincinnati and rental tenants. Church and private dwellings. This is a rather large, elegant house typical of more costly later nineteenth century townhouses "built in Cincinnati. It is one of several such houses built at about the same time in what is now designated the Dayton Street Historic Interest Area and is important as part of the architectural context of its time and place. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION: A.

Physical History: Original and subsequent owners: The house stands on a parcel of land originally sold on October 13, to Jonathan Dayton of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, for by John Cleves Symmes, who obtained the origi- nal patent for the Miami Purchase from the United States Congress. William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, on October 1, as an executor of the estate of Symmes, and as then Governor of the Indiana Territory, re-negotiated the sale, inasmuch as the original deed was said to have been lost. Because of* the riots and fire of the records contained in the Hamilton County Court House were either partially or totally destroyed, thus making the present records an in- complete source of information.

It is known from the remaining records that George Hatch, who owned other property in the area, sold the parcel of land which constitutes the major portion of the present property on November 3, A subsequent sale on March 22, added the remain- ing portion. Between and the present there have been numerous owners, none of whom has any claim to local or national prominence. Date of erection: According to an appreciable increase in the sale price of this property, It can be deduced that the house was erected sometime after March 22, HOUSE AT 932 DAYTON STREET HABS No. OH-2200-M (Page 2) 3. Architect: Unknown. h. Alterations and additions: None of any significance. Bii Historical Events and Persons Connected with the house:. None known. C. Sources of Information: 1.

Old views: There is a photograph., on deposit in the Cincinnati Historical Society. 2.

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Sale by George Hatch: Deed Book Prepared by: Carl A. Saladino Project Historian National Park Service August, 197 1 * PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural character: One of the most elegant Italianate facades remaining on the north side of Dayton Street between Eaymiller and Freeman Streets. 2. Condition of fabric: Very good, i B. Description of Exterior: 1. Over-all dimensions: This three-bay., side-hall plan house measures approximately 25 T - 0" by 95 , - 0". The front block is three stories high, and the rear wing is two-and-one-half stories high. 2. Foundations: Brick and stone, 3. Wall construction, finish and color: Cream painted limestone front with gray painted common brick side and rear walls. h.

Structural system, framing: Masonry bearing walls. 5. Porches, stoops: Limestone entrance steps and stoop. Concrete stoop east side entrance. 6. Chimneys: There is a chimney in the east wall of the front block and a chimney in the north wall of the front block which is common with the south wall of the rear wing. There are five chimneys in the interior walls of the rear wing. All chimneys are common brick. HOUSE AT 932 DAYTON STREET HABS No-. OH-2200-M (Page 3) C. T- Openings: a. Doorways and doors: Recessed front entrance has round arch and limestone pilasters. Double doors into vestibule are two-panel wood. Paired wooden doors into entrance hall have long upper glass panels. b. Windows: All windows are double-hung with one-over-one-light sash.

Windows in east side bay and in front have segmental limestone arch head surrounds and limestone sills. 8. Roof: a. Shape, covering: The front block is gabled and the rear wing has a shed roof. Both roofs are tarred, roll roofing. b. Cornice: Front cornice has dentils and is supported on brackets. Description of Interior: The interior of the structure (the first floor of which is now a church) was not accessible. However, the structure is a side-hall plan house typical of so many in the Dayton Street Historic Area. D. Site: 1. General setting and orientation: Located in the Dayton Street Historic Interest Area, the structure is on the north side of Dayton Street facing south. 2. Outbuildings: There is a garage at the rear of the lot. Prepared by: J.

William Rudd Project Supervisor National Park Service August, PART III. PROJECT INFORMATION These data are part of the documentation made during the Cincinnati Project undertaken by HABS in cooperation with the Miami Purchase Association and City of Cincinnati. Records were made of a part of the Dayton Street Historic interest Area of the City of Cincinnati. The project was under the general supervision of John Poppeliers, Chief of the Historic American Buildings Survey. The project supervisor was J. William Rudd of the University of Cincinnati. The project historian was Carl A. Saladino of the Ohio State University. The measured drawings for the project were prepared by architects Steven B.

Kells (University of Cincinnati) and Richard Wyatt (Cali- fornia Politechnic State University, San Luis Obispo), and student assistant architects William Maxwell Miller (University of Pennsylvania) and Osbourne K. Simms III (University of Illinois, Chicago Circle). The photographs were taken by HABS photographer Jack E. Boucher in July