Welcome to Dayton View Historic District,
Bounded roughly by Harvard, Salem, Superior and Broadway in North West Dayton.
The Dayton View Historic District, home to the 1999 Rehabarama, stands out in the family of Dayton historic districts for its diversity of architectural styles extending from the late 1880s to the 1920s.
Historic Home Interiors of the Dayton View Historic District
THE STORY OF "DAYTON VIEW"
by Howard Burba
Just how long Dayton View would have remained in a state of rural simplicity had it not been for a few far-seeing pioneers must always be a matter of speculation. Its development hinged wholly upon the construction of a bridge across the Miami.
The first charter for a bridge across any stream coursing through Dayton was obtained by Daniel Cooper in 1814, and it was for a bridge over Mad river. Nothing came of the matter, however, and it was not until Jan. 27, 1816, that a meeting was held at the tavern of Col. Grimes to take actual steps looking toward its erection. But this plan fell through, and it was not until 1817 that it was built by the county. READ MORE
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