OCTOBER
23, 2020
Steven and Mary Solomon earned a pretty cool honor from Preservation Dayton Inc.
After purchasing a prairie-style house on Squirrel Road in Dayton’s Five Oaks
neighborhood, Steven and Mary fixed it up from top to bottom and for their
efforts received an Excellence in Preservation Award. They bought the house in
2018 and had structural improvements made to the roof, plumbing system,
fireplace, and chimney. The house — built in 1916 according to county property
records — was designed by Dayton architects Schenck and Williams, known for the
Engineers Club, Liberty Tower, and the Wright family’s Hawthorn Hill home. The
Solomons requested the city’s approval to rezone the property from HD-1
overlay, one of the least restrictive historic designations, to HD-2 overlay,
one of the most restrictive, and requires a certificate of appropriateness for
any exterior work. All boards voted to approve the rezoning, confirming that
the house is the finest example in the prairie-school style. It is now
designated as a Dayton Historic Landmark.
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