{"nrhp_refnum":"08001297","name":"Julienne Girls Catholic High School","other_names":["Notre Dame Academy de Julienne","Dayton Christian School","Dayton Public School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"325 Homewood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.776069774000064,"lon":-84.20484436499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-01-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large Classical Revival Catholic girls' high school at 325 Homewood Avenue in Dayton, Ohio, overlooking downtown. It was built in 1926 with a faculty building and chapel added in 1928, designed by Dayton architect Howard W. Germann.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a representative example of an early twentieth-century Classical Revival educational building. It retains a high degree of integrity in location, materials, design and association. It also reflects the Cincinnati Archdiocese's expansion of Catholic secondary education in the Dayton area during the 1920s.","narrative":"Julienne Girls Catholic High School is a brick and limestone school building on Homewood Avenue in Dayton, Ohio, on a hillside overlooking downtown. Built in 1926 and joined by a faculty building and chapel in 1928, the complex was designed by Dayton architect Howard W. Germann in the Classical Revival style. A three-story central block is flanked by two-story wings, and a limestone-faced entrance has round arches, keystones and engaged columns. Both buildings use fireproof construction, and the interiors keep terrazzo floors, wood wainscoting, original doors and a nearly original chapel. A one-story walkway added around the 1930s links the buildings and encloses a courtyard. The school served as Dayton's only Catholic girls' high school until 1973, when it merged with the boys' school. Dayton Christian Schools then used it until 2004, followed by Dayton Public Schools. Its listing rests on its architecture and its high degree of preserved integrity.","period_of_significance":"1926-1928","architect_builder":"Architect Howard W. Germann; builder not documented but likely Hunt-Danis","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The building is described as currently vacant. It is owned by Dayton Public Schools, which has stated plans to demolish it and build a new school on the site.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.430891-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/08001297.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990396","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/julienne-girls-catholic-high-school-08001297/"}