Houses and mansions in Dayton
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the Dayton register is houses than any other kind of building, 30 listings of it in all.
10 stops, 2.2 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 24, 2026.
Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed October 17, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Traxler Mansion42 Yale Ave.Building · listed 1979start
- 2Isaac Pollack House319 W. 3rd St.Building · listed 19740.6 mi from stop 1
- 3O. P. Boyer’s and Sons Funeral Home609 West Riverview Ave.Building0.2 mi from stop 2
- 4John S. Stengel House325 W. 2nd St.Building · listed 19830.4 mi from stop 3
- 5Mutual Home & Savings Association Building120 W. 2nd St.Building · listed 19820.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Edwin Smith House131 W. 3rd St.Building · listed 1974446 ft from stop 5
- 7United Brethren Publishing House40--46 S. Main St. (7--21 E. Fourth St.)Building · listed 19930.2 mi from stop 6
- 8Dr. Jefferson A. Walters House35 E. 1st St.Building · listed 19740.3 mi from stop 7
- 9James Brooks House41 E. 1st St.Building · listed 1975same block from stop 8
- 10Hanitch-Huffman House139 W. Monument Ave.Building · listed 19820.3 mi from stop 9
2.2 straight-line miles over 9 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 10 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Ohio
Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.