Five Points in Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

31 Years at the Lab

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 19, 2013

1. 31 Years at the Lab Marker

Inscription. Six days a week from 1917 to 1948 Orville Wright chose to come to work here in what he called the Wright Aeronautical Laboratory. Images taken by National Cash Register Company photographers soon after his death give a glimpse of the spare, orderly, and private world where Orville Wright spent the last three decades of his life.

(Inscription under the photo in the upper right corner)
At age 76 Orville Wright was still working every day in his lab when he suffered a heart attack. He died at home three days later.

Erected by National Park Service.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 39° 45.35′ N, 84° 12.833′ W. Marker is in Dayton, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It is in Five Points. It is at the intersection of Broadway Ave and West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway Ave. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dayton OH 45402, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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: Major General Harry G. Armstrong (here, next to this marker); Electra Doren (a few steps from this marker); Erma Bombeck (a few steps from this marker); Lucinda W. Adams (a few steps from

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this marker); Frederic Charles MacFarlane (within shouting distance of this marker); Rev. Leo Meyer (within shouting distance of this marker); Horace M. Huffman, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); Mike Peters (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dayton.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 19, 2013

2. 31 Years at the Lab Marker

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 1, 2007

3. 31 Years at the Lab Marker

Orville Wright grave marker in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton OH

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 1, 2007

4. 31 Years at the Lab Marker

Wright family grave marker in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton OH

Photographed by Don Morfe, March 1, 2007

5. 31 Years at the Lab Marker

Wilbur Wright grave marker in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton OH

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 827 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 13, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.