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| Huffman | |
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| (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) | |
| Location: | Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio United States |
| Built/Founded: | 1830s |
| Architectural style(s): | Queen Anne, Federal and Greek Revival |
| Added to NRHP: | 1974 [1] |
| Reference #: | 75001506 |
| Governing body: | Dayton, Ohio |
Huffman Historic District is a 10-square-block area of 663 structures primarily dating from 1850s to the early twentieth century. It is located East of downtown Dayton, OH, in an area known as the Historic Inner East.
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[edit] History
The neighborhood began to grow in the mid-19th century when a Dayton businessman, William P. Huffman, purchased an east coast company and moved it and the employees to Dayton. He located the company east of the downtown area and sold the employees land and houses nearby. His children received elaborate mansions built on Linden Avenue as wedding presents. That block of homes became a glittering center of Dayton social activity in the late 1800s and encouraged the building of the solid, substantial homes that still stand today. Mr. Huffman’s business venture succeeded also and became the Huffy Bicycle Company. His contribution is honored by using a high-wheeled bicycle to identify the neighborhood he created.
[edit] Historic District
In 1982, Huffman was registered on the National Register of Historic Places, between East Third St., Hamilton, Van Lear, Beckel St, and Downtown Dayton (No. 82003618). [2]
[edit] Architecture
The district provides the strongest representative sampling with the city of the architecture of the late 19th century including blue-collar, artisan, merchant, and managerial-class residences.
[edit] History
Area began to flourish after entrepreneur William P. Huffman (George)?[3]
[edit] Architecture
The architecture of Huffman Historic District includes examples of Queen Anne, Victorian Italianate, and Italian Villa.
[edit] People
William P. Huffman
George P. Huffman
[edit] References
- ^ National Register Information Systems Retrieved January 15, 2007.
- ^ OHIO - Montgomery County - Historic Districts. Retrieved on August 28, 2007.
- ^ History of Dayton, 1899. Retrieved on December 6, 2007.
[edit] External links
| Neighborhoods of Dayton, Ohio |
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| Nationally Recognized Historic Districts |
| Old Dayton View • East Third Street • Grafton Hill • Huffman Kenilworth Avenue • Kossuth Colony • McPherson Town • Oregon • Paul Laurence Dunbar St. Anne's Hill • South Park • Webster Station • West Third Street • Wright Dunbar |
| Other Neighborhoods |
| Carillon • Dayton View Triangle • DeWeese • Downtown Fairgrounds/Rubicon Park/Brown Street • Five Oaks • Linden Heights • McCook Field Mt. Vernon • Old North Dayton • Riverdale • Twin Towers • Walnut Hills • University Row |
