East Third Street Historic District

Along the south side of East Third Street, just east of Wayne Avenue in Dayton, six brick warehouse and light industry buildings and a brick paver alley form a cohesive group. Built between 1893 and 1910, the buildings rise four to six stories and include the Barney/Throckmorton Building, the Lowe Brothers Paint Company Building, the Canby, Ach and Canby Building and the American Cigar Company Building. The area developed because a rail spur ran behind the lots and East Third Street offered a major route, and it housed wholesale grocers, coffee roasters, tobacco wholesalers, paper distributors and a paint manufacturer. Architecturally, the buildings show the Commercial style, with base, shaft and crown composition and walls of piers and spandrels. Details recall the Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival and Renaissance Revival styles, and later examples use more glass and terra cotta. Original windows, cornices and many storefront elements survive, which supports the district's recognition for industrial history and architecture.