{"nrhp_refnum":"77001076","name":"Gottschall, Oscar M., House","other_names":["Alta Nursing Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Livingston Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75762536800005,"lon":-84.14840032299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Gothic Revival house at 20 Livingston Avenue in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built around 1870 for lawyer Oscar M. Gottschall and later used as a nursing home.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a significant Gothic Revival building that bridges the transition from American Gothic to High Victorian Gothic, unique in Montgomery County and considered the most outstanding Gothic Revival structure in Dayton. It is also tied to Oscar Gottschall, a distinguished lawyer and charter member of the Dayton Bar Association, and his wife Octavia, a watercolorist and daughter of artist Charles Soule.","narrative":"Built around 1870 at 20 Livingston Avenue in Dayton, this two-story house captures a moment when American Gothic Revival design was shifting toward High Victorian Gothic. It rests on a high stone foundation and has a steep slate roof with oversized chimneys and long gable dormers. The center of the three-bay front is dominated by an intricately scrolled, two-story carpenter Gothic porch, and vine-patterned scroll-sawn trim decorates the eaves and gable edges. Windows have simple stone caps and bracketed sills, and a Romanesque triple window lights the side gable. The house is described as unique in Montgomery County and the most outstanding Gothic Revival structure in Dayton. It was the home of Oscar M. Gottschall, a respected lawyer and charter member of the Dayton Bar Association, and his wife Octavia, a watercolorist who encouraged local artistic activity. It now serves as a nursing home, with modern one-story additions at the rear and side.","period_of_significance":"c. 1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival, transitional to High Victorian Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; in use as the Alta Nursing Home, with modern one-story additions that the form says have little impact on its historic values.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.08071-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001076/7f84cb9bb7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001076/7f84cb9bb7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_M._Gottschall_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Oscar_M._Gottschall_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990390","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138632617"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/gottschall-oscar-m-house-77001076/"}