Dayton Women's Club - Dayton, Ohio - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

From the Dayton Woman's Club website:

In the late 1840’s Robert W. Steele, for whom Dayton’s first high school was named, built a home at 225 North Ludlow Street. Napoleon Bonaparte Darst purchased the house in the 1860’s and began extensive renovation and enrichment, thus changing the Classic Revival style of Mr. Steele’s home to the Second Empire style.

In 1916 a group of civic-minded women met to plan the establishment of an organization to provide women of the area with a center for social, civic and literary activities.

To finance its purchase, the founders sold stock at ten dollars per share. Mrs. Charles H. Kumler, president of the Dayton Federation of Women’s Clubs, later the first president of The DWC, headed a stock-selling drive among the members of The Federation.

On November 1, 1916, The Woman’s Clubhouse Company of Dayton, OH --The Dayton Woman’s Club -- was incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio.

Street address: 225 N. Ludlow St Dayton, Ohio USA 45402 County / Borough / Parish: Montgomery Year listed: 1975 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849 Historic function: Domestic - Single Dwelling Current function: Social - Civic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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