Leopold Rauh House
Built in 1909 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.
It has been known as the Leopold Rauh House and the Coates Mansion. Amherst Place was designed by Dayton architect Albert Pretzinger, for Leopold Rauh. The home features 24 rooms and 8 1/2 baths. The Jacobean style generally defines Tudor Revival architecture between 1895 and 1915. It is based on more formal, late-Medieval English building traditions, including the Jacobean architecture popularized in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. However, Amherst Terrace is not a pure Jacobean design. Its main characteristic of the style is the parapet gable, prominently featured to the left of the main entrance. Even more eye-catching is the larger half-timbered gable, rarely found on Jacobean houses.
Rauh died just six years after Amherst Terrace was built. The house was then sold to Charles W. Hoffritz, President of American Finance and Investment Company. During the housing shortage of World War II, the third-floor ballroom was converted to six bedrooms and occupied. The home received a complete rehabilitation and remodeling as the Dayton Philharmonic Decorators’ Show House in the 1980s. However, all of that renovation has been largely destroyed.
It has been known as the Leopold Rauh House and the Coates Mansion. Amherst Place was designed by Dayton architect Albert Pretzinger, for Leopold Rauh. The home features 24 rooms and 8 1/2 baths. The Jacobean style generally defines Tudor Revival architecture between 1895 and 1915. It is based on more formal, late-Medieval English building traditions, including the Jacobean architecture popularized in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. However, Amherst Terrace is not a pure Jacobean design. Its main characteristic of the style is the parapet gable, prominently featured to the left of the main entrance. Even more eye-catching is the larger half-timbered gable, rarely found on Jacobean houses.
Rauh died just six years after Amherst Terrace was built. The house was then sold to Charles W. Hoffritz, President of American Finance and Investment Company. During the housing shortage of World War II, the third-floor ballroom was converted to six bedrooms and occupied. The home received a complete rehabilitation and remodeling as the Dayton Philharmonic Decorators’ Show House in the 1980s. However, all of that renovation has been largely destroyed.
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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. Visit our Top 10 Endangered Properties page to see the full list of other nominees. If you have an urgent request for an at-risk historic property, please contact us at preservationdayton227@gmail.com.
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.
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