{"nrhp_refnum":"06000481","name":"Fox Hollow","other_names":["Frederick Smith House","Mot597-03","Mot599-03"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6320 Mad River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington Township","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.65564000000006,"lon":-84.19149999999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fox Hollow is a residence with a bank barn and a small outbuilding on 7.9 acres at 6320 Mad River Road, Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. It began as a c. 1815 vernacular I-house and was enlarged in 1926 into a Colonial Revival country home.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property shows the shift from early 19th century rural development along Mad River Road to the area's later role as a suburban setting for country homes of Dayton business and industrial leaders. The 1926 expansion is presented as an example of an old house being 'revived' as a Colonial. The house and barn retain a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Fox Hollow is a country property at 6320 Mad River Road in Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Its 7.9 acres, bounded in part by Holes Creek, hold a house, a limestone-founded bank barn and a small outbuilding. The house started around 1815 as a simple four-bay I-house, gained an L-shaped wing in the 19th century, and was nearly doubled in 1926 to form a U-shaped Colonial Revival home with a two-story portico and projecting bay windows. The 1926 work was done for the Dickey family, whose main residence was in downtown Dayton and who gave the place the name Fox Hollow. The barn's upper floor later served as a community theater space. The property is significant for showing how the Mad River Road area changed from early 19th century farms and mills to a setting for early 20th century country homes of Dayton business leaders. Mature trees and the ravine preserve its rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1815 - 1926","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th C. Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling with an agricultural outbuilding/barn; the exterior has not changed since the 1920s enlargement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.248479-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/06000481.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000481/af0a2a50b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000481/af0a2a50b3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fox_Hollow_near_Centerville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fox_Hollow_near_Centerville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990619","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138638558"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/fox-hollow-06000481/"}