{"nrhp_refnum":"74001582","name":"Smith, Edwin, House","other_names":["Dayton Bicycle Club","Craighead House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"131 W. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75911972000006,"lon":-84.19490876099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Renaissance revival townhouse at 131 West Third Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built in 1850 for Dr. Edwin Smith and later known as the Craighead House. It is now occupied by the Dayton Bicycle Club, a private club.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Dr. Edwin Smith, a Democratic legislator and first president of the Montgomery County Medical Society, and to lawyer Samuel Craighead. It hosted Senator Stephen A. Douglas in 1859. It is one of few early urban dwellings left in Dayton and has a notable circular staircase and a rare bridged chimney profile. The Dayton Bicycle Club, which has occupied it since 1915, played a role in adopting the city manager charter.","narrative":"Built in 1850 for Dr. Edwin Smith, this three-story brick townhouse at 131 West Third Street in Dayton is an example of Renaissance revival design in the Tuscan mode. Its exterior has been changed over time, with stucco, iron balcony railings and arched first-floor doors added in 1925, but the interior remains largely intact, including a three-story circular staircase in the vestibule. Smith was a Democratic state legislator and the first president of the Montgomery County Medical Society. Senator Stephen A. Douglas stayed here in September 1859. Lawyer Samuel Craighead bought the house in 1872. The Dayton Bicycle Club, founded in 1884, has occupied it since 1915 and kept its interior features. The club took part in the push for Dayton's city manager charter. The house is one of few early urban dwellings left in the city, and at the time of listing a proposed parking garage extension threatened it.","period_of_significance":"1850-1852","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Renaissance revival townhouse in the Tuscan mode","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private club; interior in excellent condition and largely unaltered, exterior altered. The form says it is threatened by a proposed parking garage extension that could require razing it.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.093433-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001582.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001582/51ed6858b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001582/51ed6858b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EdwinSmithHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EdwinSmithHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004316","name":"Downtown Dayton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/downtown-dayton-historic-district-100004316/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Smith_House_(Dayton,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346829"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/smith-edwin-house-74001582/"}