{"nrhp_refnum":"82001478","name":"Eagles Building","other_names":["The City Mission"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75476867300006,"lon":-84.19006682199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A lodge hall at 320 South Main Street in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1916 with a c. 1925-26 auditorium addition. It was later used as the City Mission and is designed by architect Albert Pretzinger.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building makes an important architectural statement in Dayton by blending Renaissance Revival design with Prairie Style elements. It is the work of Albert Pretzinger, described as Dayton's most prominent architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its theater-like appearance, although it was never a theater, adds to its distinctiveness.","narrative":"Built in 1916 as a lodge hall for the Eagles at 320 South Main Street in Dayton, this building combines Renaissance Revival design with Prairie Style elements. Albert Pretzinger, described as Dayton's most prominent architect of his era, designed it. A five-bay front of cream and dark red brick with cast stone detail includes a tall arcaded loggia with Ionic columns and sculpted eagles, and a recessed top floor of ribbon windows under a tile roof. Behind it, a large auditorium was added around 1925-26, with interior changes by the firm Gebhart and Schaefer and a Wurlitzer organ that has since been removed. Inside are a club room with a fireplace, meeting rooms, and a basement ratskeller. Its appearance suggests a theater, although it served as a lodge and later as the City Mission, purchased in 1968. The mission moved out in 1981, and plans called for a restaurant with a historic theater organ.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Albert Pretzinger","architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival with Prairie Style elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form marks the property as unoccupied; the City Mission moved out in 1981 and the building was planned for reuse as a restaurant, the \"Union Station Music Palace\".","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.607964-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001478.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001478/025f4520e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001478/025f4520e2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagles_Building_in_Dayton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eagles_Building_in_Dayton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990591","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles_Building_(Dayton,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5325348"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/eagles-building-82001478/"}