{"nrhp_refnum":"10000827","name":"Squirrel-Forrest Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"North of Homewood Ave and along the west side of Forest Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.77273928550005,"lon":-84.2032688852309,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-10-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the southeastern part of the Five Oaks neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio, made up of 97 contributing and 7 noncontributing buildings, mostly houses and garages built ca. 1910 to 1949 along Forest Avenue, Squirrel Road, Belmonte Park North, and Neal Avenue.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its concentration of upscale early 20th century urban homes shaped by deed restrictions that set minimum construction costs and setbacks. It shows a diverse mix of styles including Colonial Revival, Tudor, American Foursquare, Dutch Colonial and Prairie, plus a later Ranch house. It is also presented as a later extension of the Dayton View and Grafton Hill development north of downtown.","narrative":"Squirrel-Forest Historic District is a compact residential area in Dayton, Ohio, along the southeastern edge of the Five Oaks neighborhood. It contains 97 contributing and 7 noncontributing buildings, including houses, duplexes, apartment buildings, detached garages, and a Catholic church and school complex. Construction dates run from about 1910 to 1949. Lots were sold individually with deed restrictions requiring minimum building costs and set backs, which produced larger, more substantial homes than nearby streets might otherwise have had. The architecture is varied: American Foursquare houses are widespread, Tudor-inspired homes line the raised west side of Squirrel Road, and Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Craftsman, Prairie and Neo-Classical examples appear along with a Ranch house built in 1949. Corpus Christi Church shows Mission detailing. The district is regarded as a later extension of the Dayton View and Grafton Hill neighborhoods developed after Dayton annexed land north of the Great Miami River in 1868.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1910-1949","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th & early 20th Century Revivals","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings are described as well maintained with limited change to integrity; several have been sided, and one recent apartment building replaced two older buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.871851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000827.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990502","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/squirrel-forrest-historic-district-10000827/"}