Oregon: Dayton's First Historic District

Oregon: Dayton's First Historic District. . The Fifth Ward of Dayton, 1875, which comprises much of the Oregon Historic District. Prominent residents with businesses on the canal included John Butt, who operated his contractor business at the Beaver and Butt building at Fourth and St. Clair Streets, and John Rouzer, who owned a factory on the hydraulic basin., The Oregon Historic District is located to the east of Patterson Boulevard. The first plat in the district was laid out in 1829, soon after the first boats arrived from Cincinnati on the newly opened Miami Canal. The canal provided a conduit for the neighborhood's German immigrants, who began arriving by the waterway in 1832. Some of the oldest existing homes in Dayton are modest brick structures constructed during the 1840s on Tecumseh Street. Larger homes constructed during the period 1850-1900 are located further east in the district. The Oregon Historic District includes restored homes of the Italianate, Eastlake, Flemish and Victorian styles popular during the period. Nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings are found mainly on Fifth Street. The Armory and a Livery building at 322 Patterson Boulevard are the remaining structures associated with the commerce brought by the canal and the railroad., The Livery building is among the few surviving commercial buildings associated with the canal era.