{"nrhp_refnum":"79001898","name":"East Second Street District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3-27 E. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.76138761000004,"lon":-84.19149286890439,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district of seven four-story (one three-story) streetfront buildings at 3-27 East Second Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio, built between 1858 and 1860, with the Eaker Block added in 1878.","why_significant":"The district is described as the last intact group of mid-nineteenth century commercial buildings in downtown Dayton. It represents the city's commercial growth in the third quarter of the 19th century. It is also cited as a fine example of 19th-century commercial architectural styles, especially High Victorian Italianate.","narrative":"This row of seven commercial buildings at 3-27 East Second Street sits in the commercial core of downtown Dayton, on the site of the old Dayton Marketplace. Six buildings date from 1858-60, and the Eaker Block, an Eastlake-style stone building, was erected in 1878 by Mary Belle Eaker. The others include Renaissance Revival designs in Northern Italian and Romano-Tuscan modes and a Romanesque Revival stone building. Most rise four stories with painted brick or stone load-bearing walls and low-sloped shed roofs. Original occupants included wholesale grocers, dry goods merchants, a notions dealer and boot and shoe manufacturers, reflecting Dayton's growth from 11,000 to 20,000 residents between 1850 and 1860. The Eaker Block later housed a bicycle and Cadillac business and a business college. Storefronts have been modernized, yet the upper facades keep their detailing. The group is described as the last intact set of mid-nineteenth century commercial buildings in the city and a fine example of High Victorian Italianate commercial architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1858-60; 1878)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eastlake, Renaissance Revival (Northern Italian and Romano-Tuscan modes), and Romanesque Revival with a Gothic addition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in good condition, though altered; first-floor storefronts have been modernized and some remodeled unsympathetically. Businesses operate there today.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.351154-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001898.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/71990466","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/east-second-street-district-79001898/"}