{"nrhp_refnum":"88000667","name":"Schriber, Hyman, Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"306--308 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75146742900006,"lon":-84.19510260999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small brick heating and roofing shop building at 306-308 Washington Street in Dayton, Ohio, built in 1926 for Hyman Schriber's sheet metal business. It measures about 120 by 45 feet and faces north.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an outstanding example of an early twentieth century commercial/trade specialty shop under Criterion C. It retains its neoclassic facade detailing and a nearly intact interior with pressed metal offices and original fixtures. Dayton's inventory of historic properties found no other comparable trade shop, since similar buildings have been stripped or altered.","narrative":"Built in 1926 at 306-308 Washington Street in Dayton, this small heating and roofing shop was constructed for Hyman Schriber, a Lithuanian immigrant who started a metal shop in his garage around 1900. The north-facing building has a dark red wire-brushed brick facade with pressed sheet metal neoclassic ornament, including a cornice with tongue-and-dart molding, metal canopies over the two entrances, and steel-frame industrial windows. Its most remarkable feature is the pair of interior offices, whose walls and coffered ceilings are clad in pressed metal and which still hold original fixtures. A concrete block addition extends the rear. The Schriber family lost the building to foreclosure in 1940, and a grandson bought it back in 1984 and began restoring it. It was listed for architecture because no comparable trade shop with such complete detailing survives in Dayton, and it keeps its commercial character to a remarkable degree.","period_of_significance":"1926","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Classical Revival (neoclassic detailing)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied by the Schriber Roofing Company, with restoration to its 1926 appearance nearing completion at the time of the nomination. It was previously used only for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.619241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/88000667.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000667/cf8fc2db0f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000667/cf8fc2db0f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyman_Schriber_Building_in_Dayton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyman_Schriber_Building_in_Dayton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990398","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138634455"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/schriber-hyman-building-88000667/"}