{"nrhp_refnum":"83002013","name":"Stengel, John S., House","other_names":["Montgomer County Juvenile Court Annex"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"325 W. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.76027010400003,"lon":-84.19778005099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A c. 1895 Victorian Queen Anne style urban villa at 325 West Second Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built for merchant John S. Stengel and later used as a hospital and county offices.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only remaining Victorian Queen Anne residence in Dayton's central business district and one of very few nineteenth century homes west of Main Street, once the city's elite neighborhood. It also served as Dayton's first Osteopathic Hospital from 1923 to 1946. Much of its original exterior and interior survives despite varied later uses.","narrative":"Built around 1895 for Dayton merchant John S. Stengel, this narrow brick and limestone villa at 325 West Second Street is the last Victorian Queen Anne residence in the city's central business district. Its features include a corner tower topped by an observation deck, a veranda with Ionic columns, a high quarry-faced limestone basement, and double pedimented gables with Palladian windows. Inside, a large living hall with a fireplace and open stair, an oval drawing room and a coffered-ceiling dining room survive. Stengel lost the house to bankruptcy in 1908. It later became Dayton's first Osteopathic Hospital, operating from 1923 until 1946, and after a decade of mixed commercial use the county bought it for offices in 1958. Surrounded by modern buildings, it is one of very few nineteenth century homes west of Main Street, once Dayton's elite neighborhood, and retains a remarkable amount of its original architecture despite decades of varied use.","period_of_significance":"c. 1895","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Queen Anne (described as an \"Edwardian Villa\" with Adamesque/Georgian Revival detail)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied by Montgomery County Court offices (Juvenile Court Annex); its future was under review at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.562826-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002013.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/71990583","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/stengel-john-s-house-83002013/"}