Sachs and Pruden Ale Company Building
Why it's listed
Built in 1883 at 127 Wyandot Street in Dayton, this three-story brick Italianate building served the city's canal-era industry. It sits between the former Dayton Hydraulic, which supplied water power, and the Miami and Erie Canal Basin, later filled in and made into Patterson Boulevard in 1927. Edward Sachs and David Pruden, who began as druggists and soft drink bottlers, built it for their ginger ale and bottling business, and they later brewed lager and pale ale. The firm joined a merger of Dayton breweries in 1895, and the building later held a bottlers exchange, a paint warehouse, a grocery company and other warehouse uses. It is described as the last Dayton brewery building still standing and one of two buildings left from the canal-related industrial period. Its multistory form, large windows, thick masonry walls and surviving heavy timber frame on the third floor illustrate late 19th century industrial design.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its association with canal-related industry in Dayton and under Criterion C as an example of late 19th century industrial architecture. It is described as one of the only extant buildings from Dayton's canal-related industrial period and the last standing Dayton brewery building.
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 91000973, listed August 12, 1991. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 127 Wyandot St., Dayton |
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| County | Montgomery County |
| Listed | August 12, 1991 |
| Reference number | 91000973 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1883-1913 |
| Architect / builder | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Industry, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Currently used commercially as the home of a retail and wholesale musical equipment firm; historically a bottling works, brewery, paint warehouse and grocery warehouse. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | Downtown Dayton Historic District |
| Coordinates | 39.75858, -84.18734 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
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 91000973.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138634693
- This listing as JSON
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