tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post1860798744213393909..comments2024-02-12T23:56:11.051-05:00Comments on Daytonology: The Oldest Commercial Building Downtown?Jeffereyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-46736999202081065722007-12-03T16:23:00.000-05:002007-12-03T16:23:00.000-05:00When the FA Requarth Co. moved from the Oregon Dis...When the FA Requarth Co. moved from the Oregon District (Pine & Marshall) to Monument and Sears in 1895, we occupied a lumberyard purchased from C. Wight and Son. In 1926 we doubled the size of the building and added the brick facade you see today. The original east wall of the structure can be seen from the parking lot. I don't know when the building was constructed, but it may be one of the city's oldest commercial structures.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505163690524953572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-54039016460450452502007-11-20T20:48:00.000-05:002007-11-20T20:48:00.000-05:00metromark is correct. I was considering purpose-b...metromark is correct. I was considering purpose-built commercial blocks. <BR/><BR/>There are a few houses downtown that have been converted to commercial, and I suspect the 1829 structure is an example of that, due to the big ground floor windows. They look like the might be later adds.<BR/><BR/>The 1829 building, if it was a residence, is the oldest 'double' in the city, and it's probably the second oldest structure downtown, maybe the third oldest in the city limits.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Some of the other houses downtown that are pretty old, pre Civil War, are the Dayton Bicycle Club and (heavily altered) the Dayton Womens club. The house next to the Episcopal Church on 1st might be antebellum, but not sure.<BR/><BR/>The oldest purpose-built commercial structure in Montgomery County, outside of Dayton, may be the Florentine Hotel in Germantown.Jeffereyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-8858671078792987152007-11-20T18:18:00.000-05:002007-11-20T18:18:00.000-05:00Technically 120 N. St. Clair (built in 1829) is a ...Technically 120 N. St. Clair (built in 1829) is a commercial building in that it recently had a marketing firm as a tenant and now a small technology firm is moving in. It may have originally been built as a residence but I've seen an early 20th century photo in which it was a restaurant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-89728437878271246562007-11-20T11:35:00.000-05:002007-11-20T11:35:00.000-05:00I believe the townhomes on First and the small bui...I believe the townhomes on First and the small building next to the Cooper Lofts were built as residences. If that's the case, the building Jeff refers to may be the oldest commercial structures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-25763714553268246262007-11-19T22:23:00.000-05:002007-11-19T22:23:00.000-05:00There are. I can think of one, possibly two on 1st...There are. I can think of one, possibly two on 1st St. and one for sure on St. Clair that may date back to 1820s that are still occupied today.<BR/><BR/>An old artist I once worked with by the name Dennis Kincaid worked in an old building downtown, that was from the pre-flood era. He said the floorboards were still warped from the flood.kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821408086847067797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-66610064186804791082007-11-19T21:48:00.000-05:002007-11-19T21:48:00.000-05:00I can't believe there isn't anything older than th...I can't believe there isn't anything older than these buildings. I figured there had to be some stuff from the mid if not early 1800s. Hmmm.Foreverglowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501132044674022107noreply@blogger.com