{"nrhp_refnum":"92001492","name":"Schantz Park Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Schantz,Adam,Sr.,House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Far Hills, Irving, Mahart and Schenck Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oakwood","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.73158733000005,"lon":-84.17706681615601,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in Oakwood, Ohio, a suburb on Dayton's southern edge, roughly bounded by Far Hills, Irving, Mahrt and Schenck avenues. It centers on the Adam Schantz Estate Subdivision laid out in 1907 and includes later additions and three small adjoining subdivisions.","why_significant":"The district is described as an unusually rich collection of architect-designed houses in many early twentieth-century styles, with Craftsman as the architectural theme. Louis J. P. Lott was the architect for the development. It was also a tightly restricted suburban subdivision, with set backs and minimum price requirements, reflecting early twentieth-century ideas about suburban planning.","narrative":"Schantz Park is a residential neighborhood in Oakwood, Ohio, just south of Dayton. Its core is the Adam Schantz Estate Subdivision, platted in 1907, with an addition in 1914 and three small neighboring subdivisions folded in. Most of the 395 contributing buildings are two- and two-and-a-half-story houses on large lots, with uniform setbacks on each street. Craftsman design sets the tone, though Colonial Revival, English Revival, Chalet, Prairie and other styles appear throughout. Louis J. P. Lott served as architect for the development and designed many of the houses, including the Craftsman Gothic home at 202 East Schantz Avenue, a visual centerpiece behind a stone Tudor Revival gateway. Developers applied building restrictions on setbacks and minimum house costs, and Irving Avenue carried the most modest price range. The district was recognized for its concentration of architect-designed homes and its example of a carefully restricted early twentieth-century suburb.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis J. P. Lott (architect for the Schantz Park development); Elmer Lewis Gerber and William T. Schantz, Jr. also named as architects of individual houses","architectural_style":"Craftsman/Bungalow as the main theme, with Tudor Revival, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Prairie School, Chalet, English Revival and International style examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continues in use as a residential neighborhood of single dwellings; 395 contributing and 54 noncontributing buildings are counted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.181096-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/92001492.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990599","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/schantz-park-historic-district-92001492/"}