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The Deeds Barn Replica houses exhibits about the lives and work of acclaimed inventors, Charles F. Kettering and Colonel Edward A. Deeds. Inside the original barn, from 1908 to 1912, Deeds, Kettering, and a group of friends invented the electric automobile ignition, and later, the electric automobile self-starter. Interesting historical…
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The Greek-revival-styled Newcom House at Carillon Historical Park was built in 1841 by Dayton settler George Newcom. Fun historical facts: 1. To make the wood siding look like a stone, a popular treatment was to cut vertical grooves into boards and add sand to the paint. 2. Greek Revival architecture…
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The Sugar Camp and WAVES Cabin 22 is located at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. While riding horseback on the hill of his sugar maple grove, John H. Patterson decided that the grove would be a good place for a training camp for his salesmen. The 1934 cabin…
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Built in 1817, the old and historic Hetzel Summer Kitchen structure is located at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. Peter Hetzel, his wife Catherine, and their five children lived in this small, white, wooded frame building for about a year. Peter was a carpenter and manufactured fanning mills,…
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The old and historic William Morris House is located at Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. William Morris is a Revolutionary War veteran, who came to Montgomery County in 1806. He bought a 20-acre farm near Centerville in 1815 and moved into this house with his family. With no daughters…
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The Huffman Prairie Flying Field is one of Dayton Ohio’s Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. It is called the “First Airport” after the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, used the field in 1904 and 1905 to master the principles of controlled, powered flight. It was in this field that they…
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The Wright Brothers Memorial in Dayton, Ohio features a small museum with the history of the first powered flight. The lady ranger during my visit was nice and very enthusiastic in sharing her ideas to visitors. Just outside the museum is the monument. After seeing the monument, walk further to…
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The Newcom Tavern was built in 1796 and currently located inside the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. Considered the oldest standing building in Dayton, it was built by Robert Edgar for Colonel George Newcom. Edgar was paid 75 cents a day to build the “best house in Dayton”. Newcom…
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