Help PDI bring Dayton's endangered historic properties back to life!
Our Endangered Properties Committee provides resources and raises funds to proactively stabilize and/or obtain control of these irreplaceable properties. Preservation Dayton maintains an annual list of the Ten Most Endangered properties for intervention, as nominated by you and selected by the Endangered Properties Committee. If you have an urgent request for an at-risk historic property, please contact us at [email protected].
In the event that Preservation Dayton finds that circumstances and conditions shall exist such as to render it unnecessary, undesirable, impractical or impossible to comply with the above use of donation, the donation shall then be devoted for charitable purposes as most nearly approximate the purposes of Preservation Dayton.
Please donate today! Your contribution, large or small, will save Dayton's historic structures before they are lost forever.
Your contributions are 100 percent tax deductible and are dedicated solely to preserving Dayton's rich history. The Dayton Foundation processes all gifts and donations to the Preservation Dayton, Inc. Fund #8630, a component fund of The Foundation. You can contribute by clicking the ‘Donate’ button below which takes you to the Dayton Foundation secure website. Or mail your check to payable to "Preservation Dayton, Inc. Fund #8630" Preservation Dayton, P.O. Box 3614, Dayton, OH 45401.
Thank you for your support!
Our Endangered Properties Committee provides resources and raises funds to proactively stabilize and/or obtain control of these irreplaceable properties. Preservation Dayton maintains an annual list of the Ten Most Endangered properties for intervention, as nominated by you and selected by the Endangered Properties Committee. If you have an urgent request for an at-risk historic property, please contact us at [email protected].
In the event that Preservation Dayton finds that circumstances and conditions shall exist such as to render it unnecessary, undesirable, impractical or impossible to comply with the above use of donation, the donation shall then be devoted for charitable purposes as most nearly approximate the purposes of Preservation Dayton.
Please donate today! Your contribution, large or small, will save Dayton's historic structures before they are lost forever.
Your contributions are 100 percent tax deductible and are dedicated solely to preserving Dayton's rich history. The Dayton Foundation processes all gifts and donations to the Preservation Dayton, Inc. Fund #8630, a component fund of The Foundation. You can contribute by clicking the ‘Donate’ button below which takes you to the Dayton Foundation secure website. Or mail your check to payable to "Preservation Dayton, Inc. Fund #8630" Preservation Dayton, P.O. Box 3614, Dayton, OH 45401.
Thank you for your support!
Advocacy and Recognition for endangered properties
PDI works with Preservation Ohio to help save Ohio’s irreplaceable sites. The following local properties have been nominated for Ohio’s “Most Endangered Historic Sites”. Those with an asterisk have been selected for state-wide recognition.
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2025 PDI Nominations
German Baptist Church - 1420 E. 4th St. Power Building & Diner on St. Clair 2023 PDI Nominations Santa Clara Business District John R. Reynolds Mansion Ohmer Garage* 2022 PDI Nominations Traxler Mansion* - demolished Santa Clara Business District* 2020 PDI Nominations Gem City Ice Cream Building - demolished Dayton Daily News Building St. Joseph Technical High School for Girls - demolished Alfred H. Iddings House - demolished John R. Reynolds Mansion |
2019 PDI Nominations
Louis Traxler Mansion* - demolished Dayton Daily News Building* Longfellow School 2017 PDI Nominations Gem City Ice Cream Building* - demolished Dayton Arcade* - restored Dayton Daily News Building* 2009 PDI Nominations Julienne School* - demolished |
Dayton's Most endangered Properties
vAN DEMAN APARTMENTSBuilt in 1908 for John N. Van Deman, a Dayton Lawyer, this Jacobethan style building stands out in the Dayton View Historic District. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Click here to Learn More. |
Leopold Rauh HouseBuilt in 1910 for Leopold Rauh, President of the Egry Register Company and a founding member of Dayton's Manager/Commissioner Committee, this Jacobethan style building stands out in the Dayton View Historic District. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Click here to Learn More. |
MIchael Neil HouseBuilt in c. 1900 for Michael Neil, who platted the Wolf Creek Area, it was sold shortly after it was built to Charles M. Seybold, President of the Seybold Machine Co. This brick Queen Anne style building stands out in the Grafton Hill Historic District. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and again in 1986. Click here to Learn More. |
dAYTON dAILY nEWS bUILDINGBuilt between 1908 and 1910 by Albert Pretzinger for James M. Cox to house the Dayton Daily News, it is modeled after the Knickerbocker Trust building in New York City, this Beaux-Arts style building stands out in Downtown Dayton. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places individually in 1978 and again in 2019 as part of the Downtown Dayton Historic District. Click here to Learn More. |
John R. Reynolds MansionBuilt c.1867 for John R. Reynolds, a prominent Dayton Businessman, this Second Empire Victorian style building stands out in East Dayton. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Click here to Learn More. |
sANTA cLARA Business DistrictBuilt between the late 1800s and the 1920s, the Santa Clara Business District represents some of early suburbanization in Dayton. The Flatiron Building, Smith Building, and Riverdale Theatre represent some major buildings at risk in this district. Click here to Learn More. |