Pollack, Isaac, House - Dayton, Ohio
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DougK
N 39° 45.775 W 084° 11.799
16S E 740136 N 4405203
On October 21, 1979, the Pollack House was moved from its previous location at 319 West 3rd Street to this new location on Monument Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMFGE2
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2012
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From the History of the Pollack House, as compiled by Stephen Rumbaugh, 2010:
Isaac Pollack (1836-1908) emigrated from France to Greenville, Ohio. Around 1854,Pollack moved to Dayton to build a business partnership with long time friend Solomon Rauh (1840-1919). They set up shop in a West Third Street warehouse as whiskey and wine wholesalers. Business boomed and the two enjoyed great success. In 1863, they build twin side-by-side classical Victorians, Second Empire-style mansions at 319 and 321 West Third Street.
In 1893 the business partnership dissolved for unknown reasons and Pollack died in 1908. In 1913, Fenton and Jessie Bott purchased the Pollack House and convert the glorious home to a dance academy and operate the academy until 1941.
In 1949, Montgomery Country purchased the Pollack House from the Botts, planning to demolish the house and build a new civic center on the land. In 1953, the twin building at 321 West Third is torn down. The Pollack House is home to the Montgomery County Board of Elections until 1975.
In 1974, the house is the last surviving example of "high Victorian architecture" in Dayton and becomes listed on the National Registry of Historic Places, giving it limited protection.
Debate rages on about its demolishment, when in 1977 Thomas Lee Dues buys the building and works out a plan to move the building five blocks to Monument Avenue. In 1979, a flatbed truck moved the home along Perry Avenue to its new home on Monument Avenue. The move, along with the building's four-month restoration is estimated to have cost $260,000.
In 2005, the Pollack House became the permanent home for the Dayton International Peace Museum.