Sugar Camp
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WAVES Cabin 22
While riding horseback on the windswept hill of his sugar maple grove overlooking his NCR factory, John H. Patterson decided that the grove would be a good place for a training camp for his salesmen.
Originally located at The National Cash Register Company's Sugar Camp training facility, this cabin was one of 60 constructed as living quarters for cash register salesmen while they were in Dayton attending training sessions.
During World War II, the cabins housed 600 U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) as they worked on a classified code breaking project at NCR. The building was dedicated here on June 6, 2004, the 60th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the D-Day invasion of Europe.
Built in 1934 near the corner of Far Hills
and Schantz Avenues in Oakwood, Ohio.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • War, World II • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is June 6, 2004.
Location. 39° 43.692′ N, 84° 12.055′ W. Marker is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in University Park. It is on Carillon
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Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: United States Naval Computing Machine Laboratory (here, next to this marker); Sugar Camp WAVES Cabin (a few steps from this marker); Deeds Barn (a few steps from this marker); The Old River Park Swimming Pool Light Tower (a few steps from this marker); Corliss Engine Building (a few steps from this marker); Newcom House (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named The Old River Park Swimming Pool Light Tower
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,328 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
