East Third Street Historic District
Why it's listed
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.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the district is significant for the industrial development of Dayton, because it grew up around a rail spur and the East Third Street thoroughfare and housed varied wholesale and manufacturing firms. It is also significant for architecture, as a well-preserved group of early Commercial style industrial buildings showing Queen Anne, Romanesque and Renaissance Revival influences.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 01000049, listed February 2, 2001. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 424-520 East Third St. (S side only), Dayton |
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| County | Montgomery County |
| Listed | February 2, 2001 |
| Reference number | 01000049 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1893 to 1950 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian: Romanesque; Late 19th and early 20th century revivals: Classical Revival (described in the text as Commercial style) |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture, Industry, Commerce |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Current functions listed include warehouse, business, professional offices and vacant (not in use). The text reports a high degree of integrity, with most buildings virtually unaltered above the first story. |
| Acreage | 1.1 |
| Coordinates | 39.76042, -84.18552 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 01000049.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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