Posted November 11, 200717 yr The Dayton Daily News took over nearly their entire op-ed page this Sunday for this lengthy editorial, trying to put historic preservation on the local agenda. Ostensibly about Building 26 it brings larger issues to the table re historic preservation Our View: Building 26 debacle can't be repeated By Dayton Daily News Sunday, November 11, 2007 The controversy over the University of Dayton's plan to demolish Building 26 has painfully exposed how vulnerable the community is to losing historic properties. Yes, the volunteer organization Preservation Dayton has a catalog of endangered landmarks. But there's no list that's been widely debated and that ranks structures in terms of their importance, the urgency of saving them, their economic development potential and the feasibility of preserving or adaptively reusing them. Read More... The DDN editorial writers are also blogging on this: Visions for Bldg 26 & Other Historic Sites
January 12, 200817 yr So much for preservation...way to go UD. UD begins tearing down NCR Building 26 By Anthony Gottschlich Staff Writer Friday, January 11, 2008 DAYTON — The University of Dayton on Friday began demolition of Building 26, the site of NCR's top-secret codebreaking operation during World War II. The city of Dayton issued a demolition permit Friday and workers began dismantling the building at the corner of South Patterson Boulevard and Stewart Street around 3 p.m., UD spokeswoman Teri Rizvi said. "It will take about a month for the entire building to be down," Rizvi said. Read More...
January 12, 200817 yr View photos of the demolition... http://www.daytondailynews.com/p/content/gen/sharedoh/photos_galleries/news/local/011208bldg26.html
January 19, 200817 yr I wish Cincinnati and Dayton could just swap newspaper co.'s? Is that cool with you guys?
January 19, 200817 yr I've been thinking a lot about the building 26 controversy. I have concluded even though the building may have played an important event in US history, the structure itself was a piece of s*** and was not really worth doing anything with. It was not all that old and no one really wanted to redevelop it anyway. I think what the UD wants to do will serve the area much better and I support higher education well more than a crappy office building with only 1 important event in it's lifetime. Thoughts?
January 20, 200817 yr I'm waiting to see if the "codebreaker" preservationists will join future preservation efforts in Dayton. I think thats what left me cold about this effort...it was just this one building with them, and it wasn't that great of a building. Now that the building is down, where will they go? What will be their continued contribution to historic preservation and urban conservation in Dayton? As for the building: They could have done an adapative re-use of the building, including that 1950s spec office building that wrapped aound the WWII structure. The 1950s building was just a spec office...steel frame structure, curtain wall, etc. Just gut it out and redo the utiltiies and interiors. UD is going to market the lot for spec office anyway. For the old part they could have brought the orginal 1940s configuration back, and maybe restored an office or computer room back to the 40s as small exhibit or museum as sort of a remote unit of Carillon Park or something. There is plenty of precdent for adpative re-use/revitalization of generic old buildings over at Wright-Patt. And whats even funnier is the facility manager guy at UD worked for the unit at WPAFB that did that renovation work when he was in the military, so he knows it can be done.
May 15, 201015 yr PRESERVATION ALERT!!! (maybe a few years too late?) Historical stone mansion on Dille estate in danger Local preservationist and some Dille family members hope to save it. By Katherine Ullmer, Staff Writer Updated 12:28 AM Saturday, May 15, 2010 CENTERVILLE — One of Ohio’s largest stone houses, built for a member of Dayton’s famed Patterson family in 1937, is slated for the wrecking ball to make way for a proposed development unless preservationists decide to step in and save it. Consider this another chapter in the saga surrounding the Dille estate and the mansion that has remained boarded and abandoned since Charles A. Dille’s death in 1999. more: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/historical-stone-mansion-on-dille-estate-in-danger-707569.html Patricia Evanko, Oakwood, visits the house where she and seven brothers and sisters grew up. The Dille mansion behind her off Wilmington Pike in Centerville is planned for demolition. Dille mansion's fate rests on outcome of two court decisions By Katherine Ullmer, Staff Writer Updated 12:29 AM Saturday, May 15, 2010 CENTERVILLE — The future of the Dille property, slated for a multimillion dollar development complex, will depend on the outcome of two pending court cases and a decision to save or raze its once stately mansion. Centerville touts itself as having the largest collection of early stone houses in Ohio. The Dille estate, which was annexed into Centerville from Sugarcreek Twp. in 2009, is now the city’s largest limestone home. It is a two-story, 6,202- square-foot home with a three-car garage, a pool, barns and sits on 70 acres of woods and pasture along Wilmington Pike, just north of Feedwire Road. The mansion was built in 1937 for Robert Patterson, nephew of NCR’s John H. Patterson. It was designed by Ellason Smith, a nationally renowned architect, known mostly for his Tudor designs, seen in a number of Oakwood homes, said C. William Hager, president emeritus of the Ohio Preservation Alliance. more: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dille-mansions-fate-rests-on-outcome-of-two-court-decisions-707426.html More info is available at this Dayton blog: http://fortheloveofdayton.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/the-cornerstone-of-centerville-the-pattersondille-estate/
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