{"nrhp_refnum":"80003173","name":"Dayton Stove and Cornice Works","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"24-28 N. Patterson Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.76099189300004,"lon":-84.18666232499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining two-story brick industrial buildings at 24-28 North Patterson Boulevard in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built about 1847 beside the former Miami and Erie Canal basin.","why_significant":"The buildings are argued to be early examples of nineteenth-century industrial architecture tied to the Miami and Erie Canal, which turned Dayton from a market town into an industrial city. They housed early stove makers and later the Dayton Cornice Works, whose owners were leading local businessmen. They remain a reminder of the canal's economic influence on Dayton's growth.","narrative":"Two joined two-story brick buildings on North Patterson Boulevard in Dayton, built around 1847, once served the city's canal-side industry. They sit below a busy boulevard on the former basin of the Miami and Erie Canal, which opened in 1829 and supplied water power and transportation to mills and businesses. Between 1850 and 1886, three early stove manufacturers made and sold their products here: N. S. Lockwood and Company, Greer and King Company, and the Dayton Stove Works. By 1879 the Dayton Cornice Works, owned by G. W. and E. E. Buvinger, also occupied the buildings, producing galvanized iron cornices and window caps and laying tin and slate roofs. The Buvingers most likely added the decorative metal cornice and hoodmolds around 1885, and the company stayed until 1896. The painted brick walls rest on a limestone foundation and rise to a stepped parapet. The buildings were listed for their industrial and architectural importance to Dayton's canal-era growth.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in fair condition, on its original site; altered, though the changes are described as very minor, notably a garage door added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.813575-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003173.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990480","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/dayton-stove-and-cornice-works-80003173/"}