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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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The old and historic Watervliet Shaker Building is located inside the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. Built in 1819, the building is the final surviving remnant of the Watervliet Shaker community, which was located in eastern Montgomery and western Greene counties from 1806 to 1900. The Shakers came to…
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The Locust Grove School no. 12 is an old school building (more of a house) located inside the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio. It served as a one-room schoolhouse at the corner of Possum and Bird Roads outside of Springfield, Ohio from 1896 until 1929. One teacher instructed students…
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The Heritage Center of Dayton Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship inside the Carillon Historical Park houses an NCR cash register room with 90 Dayton-made machines, the Build for Tomorrow Animatronic theater, the original Deeds barn, dozens of exhibits featuring Dayton Ohio’s factories and companies, and the Carousel of Dayton Innovation (a full…
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