Posted March 19, 200619 yr ...continuing northwest on the bikepath from Air Hill we come to Brookville. Brookville is much more substantial than Trotwood, with a fairly built up mainstreet, and as its close to the interstate (I-70) it has more suburban style development and commercial development in a more conventional suburban style between the old town of Brookville and the interstate. Yet the charm of the place is, of course, the old part of town. One of the original Dayton & Western stations survives here...Brookville was a junction point, where the railroad forked, with a branch to Greenville and a branch to, I guess, Richmond. old house near the station old commercian building near the station Some bits of Brookvilles substantial main street. residential Brookville.... Brookville is somewhat interesting, as the town is laid out at strange angles, not a true grid, and there is a creek passing through the center of town. These pix dont show that. And I had to crib this one from the Brookville Historical Society...one of the grand victorians of Montgomery County, which is a house museum now.... Heading north out of town, a brief excursion to the National Road (US 40), at Bachman. This is sort of like Airhill, not much left of what was probably just a small station and cluster of houses.... Bachman...looking toward Brookville (and, beyond, Airhill and Trotwood) and northwest toward Wenger Lawn and Verona US 40/National Road, heading west toward Indiana and a few old houses/buildings hiding in the trees. Not really a well developed "string town" one finds elsewhere on US 40, like Centerville, Indiana, or maybe Aurora, to the east of here in Montg. County. So thats about it for our trip along the old Dayton & Western, now the Wolf Creek Trail. Beyond here, Wenger Lawn is more a villiage, and i dont know what Verona looks like. Hopefully they will extend this trail into Dayton one day. A final look at US 40/National Road, into the east. Quintessential midwest rural landscape, but we are still in Montgomery County..the country is always close at hand in Dayton.
March 25, 200619 yr Haven't been to Brookville in years! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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