{"nrhp_refnum":"86001214","name":"Saint Anne's Hill Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Bossler, Marcus, House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Fourth, McClure, Josie, and High and Dutoit Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75727458950007,"lon":-84.1738056897166,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-06-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fourteen-block residential historic district of about 200 buildings, mostly nineteenth and early twentieth century houses, directly east of downtown Dayton, Ohio, bounded roughly by Fourth, McClure, Josie, High and Dutoit Streets.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an excellent, highly intact grouping of mostly vernacular houses with high style detailing. It also holds the best examples of some styles in the city, such as the Bossler Mansion. It is described as Dayton's best and most intact German ethnic neighborhood, tied to people who shaped the city's settlement and its commercial and industrial growth.","narrative":"St. Anne's Hill is a fourteen-block neighborhood of about 200 buildings just east of downtown Dayton, Ohio. Wide streets and large shade trees frame a mix of houses built mostly between 1860 and the early twentieth century. Roughly 40 percent are wood or brick folk-type dwellings with Eastlake porches, and about 30 percent are small cottages. Larger homes show Second Empire, Gothic, Romanesque and Queen Anne influences, including the Bossler Mansion and the Jacob Joyce House. Three large churches, a Fifth Street commercial strip of about 25 buildings from around 1880, and the Odd Fellows Lodge complete the neighborhood. The district was platted from 1845 and grew after the Miami-Erie Canal reached Dayton, drawing German immigrant workers, tradesmen and prominent German citizens. It is presented as Dayton's best and most intact German ethnic neighborhood and one of the city's few intact areas of late nineteenth century vernacular housing. It became a locally designated district in 1974.","period_of_significance":"1860-1915","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Predominantly vernacular (folk-type and cottage) dwellings with Italianate, Gothic Revival, Romanesque, Second Empire and Queen Anne influences","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and occupied, mostly single-family houses with some converted to multi-family use. Few modern alterations; about 15% of houses have been sided; seven modern intrusions. The Odd Fellows building is no longer in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.522135-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001214.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001214/17f95325df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001214/17f95325df-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_in_Saint_Anne%27s_Hill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_in_Saint_Anne%27s_Hill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990452","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anne%27s_Hill_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7400956"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/saint-annes-hill-historic-district-86001214/"}