Montgomery County Courthouse - Dayton, Ohio - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Old Courthouse building is located at the intersection of 3rd and Main Streets, considered the center of Dayton, Ohio.

From Wikipedia:

The Montgomery County Courthouse (MCC), built in 1847, is an historic Greek Revival building located on the northwest corner of Third and Main streets in Dayton, Ohio. It is referred to locally as the Old Courthouse. The limestone building, modeled on the 5th century BC Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, Greece, is the nation’s best surviving example of a Greek Revival style courthouse.

The design was suggested by Dayton citizen Horace Pease, who had a book of sketches of the Acropolis in Athens which showed the Temple of Theseus, which he admired. Pease showed it to the Montgomery County Commissioners, who also were favorably impressed, and agreed it would be a good model for their new Courthouse. They hired architect Howard Daniels of New York to draw the plans in which he captured the form and beauty of the ancient Greek temple.

The building, now restored, stands as a tribute to the leaders of old Dayton and to the artisans of the Miami Valley who built it. The Dayton Historical Society, which became The Montgomery County Historical Society, then Dayton History, is housed in the Old Court House.

From the Dayton History website:

Completed in 1850, the Old Courthouse is considered to be one of the finest examples of Greek Revival style courthouses in the nation. Constructed of locally quarried Dayton limestone, the Old Courthouse has been at the center of many important events, from campaign stops for current and future Presidents of the United States to being a gathering point for telegraph updates during the Civil War. In the twentieth century, the Old Courthouse served as the backdrop for fundraising rallies to create the Miami Conservancy District following the 1913 Flood and war bond drives during World War II.

Street address: NW corner 3rd and Main Streets Dayton, Ohio USA 45402 County / Borough / Parish: Montgomery Year listed: 1970 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849 Historic function: Government Current function: Government Privately owned?: no 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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