Troy in Miami County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Assembly Barn in the Park

Hobart Arena - 255 Adams Street, Troy, Ohio 45373

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Assembly Barn in the Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025

1. Assembly Barn in the Park Marker

Inscription.
The "Barn in the Park," current home of the Civic Theatre, was once knows as the WACO "Assembly Barn" on Boak Field. This photo shows the WACO's ready for test flight and delivery.

By 1926, the factory on Union Street was producing one airplane per day. About 80 employees were needed to maintain this volume. In three short years since moving to Troy, the company had grown to exceed sales of civilian aircraft by any other company in the country.

The barns in this photo
were once located on Judd Boak's Hay Field, the present location of Hobart Arena. The areas in and around the barns were used as the final assembly location for the WACO airplanes that were rolled through the streets of Troy over the bridge to Boak's Farm. From there they were flown off to customers and dealers throughout the nation. (Marker Number No. 004.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1926.

Location. 40° 2.766′ N, 84° 12.335′ W. Marker is in Troy, Ohio, in Miami County. It is at the intersection of Adams Street and West Staunton Road, on the right when traveling north on Adams Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 255 Adams St, Troy OH 45373, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro,

in the Miami Valley,

and in the Till Plains.

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.

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8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Troy Airfield Directional Marker (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); You Are On The Buckeye Trail (about 600 feet away); Troy Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away); Buffalo Soldiers Memorial (about 700 feet away); Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away); Historical First Mile of the Great Miami River Recreation Trail (approx. 0.2 miles away); Adams Street Bridge 1922-2012 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Troy Civil War Monument (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Troy.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025

2. Assembly Barn in the Park Marker

Hobart Arena image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, September 6, 2025

3. Hobart Arena

Credits. This page was last revised on September 29, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 17, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.