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Syrian craftsmen created a room with walnut paneled walls that frame a series of elaborate painted doorways, cupboards and shuttered windows. The decoration is typical of the Ottoman decorative style, featuring flowering vases and pedestal bowls full of fruits, highlighted against a gilt pattern of stylized leaves and blossoms. These…
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Located in the western Ohio in West Liberty, these Gothic-designed castles Mac-O-Chee (circa 1879) & Mac-A-Cheek (circa 1871) were built by the brothers Donn and Abram Piatt. They are about 1 mile apart. Both Piatt castles have walls manually painted with intricate patterns, ceilings look like those from Gothic churches….
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More than a hundred years ago, the Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, ran a bicycle and printing business inside this building (pictured above) from 1895 to 1897. This was the fourth bicycle shops that the Wright brothers operated and the only one still open to the public today. When Wilbur…
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This house, now named Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, possesses national significance as this is the home of Colonel Charles Young! Born enslaved March 12, 1964, Colonel Charles Young was the highest-ranking African American line officer most of his career. He became the third Black graduate of West Point…
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What you see at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio is a representative auto sales building housing early Dayton-made automobiles. Among them are a 1908 Stoddard-Dayton, 1910 Speedwell, and 1910 Courier. In the early 20th century, there were as many as 14 automobile manufacturers in Dayton. Only a few…
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The National Museum of the United States Air Force is one mammoth museum in Dayton, Ohio. It is one of the most-visited places in the State by tourists and locals. I have already visited the museum twice and might visit it again to see the outside display. If you visit…
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The Wright Brothers Memorial in Dayton, Ohio features a small museum with the history of the first powered flight. The lady ranger during my visit was nice and very enthusiastic in sharing her ideas to visitors. Just outside the museum is the monument. After seeing the monument, walk further to…
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The Heritage Center of Dayton Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship inside the Carillon Historical Park houses an NCR cash register room with 90 Dayton-made machines, the Build for Tomorrow Animatronic theater, the original Deeds barn, dozens of exhibits featuring Dayton Ohio’s factories and companies, and the Carousel of Dayton Innovation (a full…
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