{"nrhp_refnum":"80003178","name":"Schantz, Adam Sr., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"314-316 Schantz Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakwood","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.731916331000036,"lon":-84.17641138499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story brick duplex house at 314-316 Schantz Avenue in Oakwood (Dayton area), Montgomery County, Ohio, built around 1895 for Adam Schantz Sr. in the Queen Anne style.","why_significant":"The nomination describes the house as an outstanding textbook example of Queen Anne architecture, with variegated planes, Eastlake woodwork and rich decorative detail, in an excellent state of preservation. It is also significant as the home of Adam Schantz, a notable Daytonian who was a businessman, councilman, benefactor and developer of the Schantz Park residential area.","narrative":"Built around 1895, this two-and-one-half story brick duplex in Oakwood, Ohio, is presented as a textbook example of Queen Anne design. It rests on a rockface limestone foundation and has a round three-story corner tower with an octagonal wooden top story, a polygonal bay with a closed gable, Doric-columned entrance porches with balustrades, and Eastlake woodwork. Slate roofing and scalloped metal cresting survive on the tower, and massive corbelled chimneys rise above a complex roofline. The house was built for Adam Schantz Sr., a German-born immigrant who settled in Dayton in 1862 and became a businessman, councilman and benefactor. He worked in the lager beer industry, bred trotting horses, promoted public parks, and developed Schantz Park, a residential area in Oakwood. He died in 1903, and the house stayed in the family until 1946. It remains well preserved and is valued for both its architecture and its association with Schantz.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date c. 1895)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne (with Eastlake woodwork)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.852243-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003178/f3c089b34b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003178/f3c089b34b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blake Bolinger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Schantz_House_7-2011.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Bolinger</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:Adam_Schantz_House_7-2011.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92001492","name":"Schantz Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/schantz-park-historic-district-92001492/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990510","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138635104"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/schantz-adam-sr-house-80003178/"}