{"nrhp_refnum":"75001498","name":"Dayton Arcade","other_names":["Fourth Street Arcade","Gibbons Arcade","Arcade Market"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"From Ludlow to Main St. between 3rd and 4th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75842770300005,"lon":-84.19236909199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of two buildings separated by an alley, the Fourth Street Arcade and the Third Street (Gibbons) Arcade, running through the first block between West Third and West Fourth Streets in downtown Dayton, Ohio, built in 1902 and designed by architect Frank M. Andrews.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Arcade marked Dayton's shift from provincialism to a metropolitan city and reflects the architectural quality and progressive spirit of its commercial history. It is notable as the work of Frank M. Andrews and for its domed interior market and ornate Flemish-style Third Street facade.","narrative":"Two buildings separated by an alley make up the Dayton Arcade, a shopping, office and apartment complex occupying the block between West Third and West Fourth Streets in downtown Dayton. Both were built in 1902 to designs by architect Frank M. Andrews. The Fourth Street section, built by the Arcade Company under Eugene J. Barney, is a five-story Renaissance Revival building whose main feature is a domed market, 90 feet across and 70 feet high, ringed by iron arcaded bays with painted cast relief of fruit, grain and turkeys. The Third Street section, built by plumbing contractor Michael J. Gibbons, has an ornate Flemish-style facade of polychrome brick and stone over a steel and concrete frame, with a long glass-roofed corridor inside. Contemporaries in 1904 said the project ended Dayton's era of provincialism. The nomination values it for architecture and commerce, noting alterations such as paneled storefronts and an opaque dome.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"Frank M. Andrews (architect); Arcade Company, chaired by Eugene J. Barney (Fourth Street section); Michael J. Gibbons (Third Street section)","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival (Fourth Street Arcade); Flemish style (Third Street Arcade facade)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; the glass dome and arcade roof have become opaque, and the form describes the building as in a state of decline. Marked occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.184205-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001498/5a040e4327-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001498/5a040e4327-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DaytonArcade.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DaytonArcade.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/71990472","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Arcade","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5243503"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/dayton-arcade-75001498/"}