{"nrhp_refnum":"80003171","name":"Dayton Fire Department Station No. 16","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"31 S. Jersey St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.76494205000006,"lon":-84.15288414399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story brick fire station at 31 South Jersey Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built in 1909 on a small hill overlooking the east side of the city.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the station as an outstanding example of the architectural eclecticism common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mixing Renaissance and Gothic decorative elements. Its hose tower, shaped dormers, pointed-arch doorways and bracketed cornice are singled out. It is described as one of the most impressive of the elaborate firehouses Dayton built around the turn of the century that still remain.","narrative":"Dayton Fire Department Station #16, at 31 South Jersey Street, is a two-and-a-half story firehouse of American bond brick dating to 1909. It sits atop a small hill and overlooks much of the city's east side, within a mostly residential neighborhood of homes built in the early twentieth century. The building has a hipped roof, a limestone watertable, quoins at the corners and windows, and a heavy modillioned cornice with a dentil frieze. Three vehicular bays face the street, two of them with limestone Tudor arches, and a square lookout tower rises at the southwest corner. Shaped dormers with small arched windows finish the roofline. The design blends Renaissance and Gothic decoration in a flamboyant, eclectic manner typical of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dayton's fire department built a number of elaborate firehouses around 1900, and this is considered one of the most impressive survivors. No architect has been identified. The station was vacant at the time of listing, and a rear garage addition is compatible with the original.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1909)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic, combining Renaissance and Gothic elements (described as a flamboyant eclectic style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and owned by the City of Dayton; condition rated fair and altered, with a two-car garage added at the rear.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.974998-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003171.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990434","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Fire_Department_Station_No._16","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5243527"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/dayton-fire-department-station-no-16-80003171/"}