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| (U.S. National Register of Historic Places) | |
| Location: | Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio United States |
| Built/Founded: | 1900s |
| Architectural style(s): | None |
| Added to NRHP: | 1974 [1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 79001900 |
| Governing body: | Dayton, Ohio |
Located northeast of downtown Dayton, Old North Dayton sits between The Great Miami and Mad Rivers.Its main routes are Troy, Brandt, Valley, Stanley, Leo and Chapel Streets.
German immigrants were the first to settle in the neighborhood, then know as 'Texas' or 'Parma'. Around the turn of the century, Eastern European immigrants, predominately Poles, Hungarians, and Lithuanians, moved in as laborers and gave the neighborhoods its unique ethnic flavor represented by ethnic Roman Catholic churches, cultural festivals, social clubs, and an Eastern European specialty restaurant, the Amber Rose. Points of interest in the neighborhoods include the Amber Rose, St Adalbert’s Catholic Church (Polish), St. Stephen’s Catholic Church (Hungarian), Holy Cross Catholic Church (Lithuanian), and the historic Kossuth Colony. The neighborhood is home to the Stuart Patterson Park. Formerly known as Walters Grove, the park was renamed in honor of Stuart Patterson. Patterson, the nephew of John H. Patterson, died in a plane crash at nearby McCook Field. Stuart Patterson Park is home to the Francis Fitzsimmons Senior Citizens Center. Ohio State Routes 201 (Valley and Brandt Streets) 202 (Troy St.) provide access to downtown Dayton, Riverside, and Huber Heights. Ohio State Route 4 provides quick access to Interstate 75, Interstate 70, U.S. Route 35 and Interstate 675.
Kossuth Colony Historic District
The Kossuth Colony was built in 1905–1906 to house the Hungarian immigrant workers for Barney and Smith Car Company. The Colony included some 40 structures including homes and a building referred to as the Clubhouse. The Kossuth Colony was completely enclosed until 1913. In the year 1979, Old North Dayton's neighborhood Kossuth Colony was registered on the National Register of Historic Places, bounding streets Baltimore St., Mack and Notre Dame Aves., Dayton (No. 79001900).[2]
References
- ^ National Register Information Systems Retrieved June 23, 2007.
- ^ OHIO - Montgomery County - Historic Districts. Retrieved on 4 December, 2006.
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| Nationally Recognized Historic Districts |
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 |
