{"nrhp_refnum":"78002147","name":"Woodland Cemetery Gateway, Chapel And Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"118 Woodland Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.742974995000054,"lon":-84.17922719999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cemetery gateway with a chapel and an office on either side, at 118 Woodland Avenue in Dayton, Ohio, built in Richardsonian Romanesque style and completed in February 1889.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the complex is Dayton's best remaining example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, a style the city has few examples of. It was designed by Burns and Peters, noted Dayton architects. The chapel also has an art glass window ordered from Tiffany Studios in 1897. The complex stands in one of the oldest park cemeteries in the United States.","narrative":"At the entrance to Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, a wrought iron gateway is flanked by a chapel and an office, both built of coursed gray limestone with red sandstone trim. Completed in February 1889 by the architectural firm Burns and Peters, the complex is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The T-shaped chapel has a round-arched doorway, an octagonal tower with an arcaded belfry, and sunburst mosaics, a motif repeated in the iron gates. Inside, a semicircular window behind the altar holds a pastoral scene in arts and crafts style glass, ordered from Tiffany Studios in 1897 around the time of a transept addition. The office uses post and lintel framing in place of the chapel's arches. The buildings are considered Dayton's best surviving examples of a style the city has few works of. Woodland Cemetery opened in 1843 on a wooded hilltop and is described as one of the oldest park cemeteries in the country.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Burns and Peters","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered; the form describes it as occupied and part of a cemetery with restricted access.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.946498-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002147.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002147/9061f76e41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002147/9061f76e41-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Dcb1995 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2005_1221Image0007.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Dcb1995 at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2005_1221Image0007.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/71990436","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland_Cemetery_and_Arboretum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/woodland-cemetery-gateway-chapel-and-office-78002147/"}