{"nrhp_refnum":"77001075","name":"Brown, Samuel N., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1633 Wayne Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.74509051700005,"lon":-84.16992212699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Second Empire residence at 1633 Wayne Avenue in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built in 1875 for industrialist Samuel N. Brown.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most picturesque Second Empire home in Dayton, noting its bellcast mansard roof, corner tower and altered veranda. It is also tied to Samuel Brown, whose buggy-parts company, organized in 1847, was among Dayton's oldest industrial firms.","narrative":"Built in 1875 at 1633 Wayne Avenue in Dayton, this Second Empire house was commissioned by Samuel N. Brown, whose company made wheels, hubs, spokes and bent metal products for buggies. Founded in 1847, the firm was one of the city's oldest industrial businesses. The house has a T-shaped plan on a stone foundation, a bellcast mansard roof with railing and cresting, a straight-sided corner tower, and wall dormers with bracketed gable cornices. A veranda wraps the facade; it was remodeled in Classical Revival style around 1900, with a board-and-batten enclosure and art glass windows on one side. Rear additions are largely compatible or hidden from view. The nomination judged it the most picturesque Second Empire home in Dayton and said the veranda change adds to the facade's charm. After serving as a short-lived hospital beginning in 1920, it became an antique shop in 1958, and a former owner received the City Beautiful Award in 1972.","period_of_significance":"1875-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; used as an antique shop in the basement with rented living quarters. It served as a hospital from 1920 for under three years. Described as altered but retaining enough integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.051899-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001075.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001075/6926b72966-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001075/6926b72966-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Greg5030 Photo by Greg Hume","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SamuelNBrowenHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg5030 Photo by Greg Hume</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:SamuelNBrowenHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"11000855","name":"Woodland Cemetery Association of Dayton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/woodland-cemetery-association-of-dayton-historic-district-11000855/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990494","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_N._Brown_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412254"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/brown-samuel-n-house-77001075/"}