KETTERING FAMILY EDUCATION CENTER

It is the first stop for all admissions and information. It houses changing exhibits the Iams Education Room, administrative offices, the Museum Store, and the Mary Mikesell Room containing the Park’s records and archives.





WAGON SHED

The wagon shed houses early forms of transportation including an 1843 Conestoga Wagon, an 1870 Concord coach and a circa 1900 surrey from nearby Findlay, Ohio.

GRISTMILL

The Gristmill is representative of a gristmill and has an operating grindstone and grinding mechanism.





JOHN W. BERRY, SR. WRIGHT BROTHERS AVIATION CENTER

The exhibit includes Wright Hall and the Wright Cycle Shop, tells the story of the Wright brothers and showcases their original 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world’s first practical airplane.

® WRIGHT CYCLE SHOP

The shop is a replica of the Wright Brothers’ final bicycle shop as it looked in 1901. The original was moved from Dayton to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan in 1936.

® WILBUR WRIGHT WING
An interactive theater and family artifacts tell the story of the Wright brothers’ experimentation, and ultimately their success in flight.

® WRIGHT HALL
This hall showcases the original 1905 Wright Flyer III, the world’s first practical airplane and a National Historic Landmark.





CANAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE

Erected in 1895, this is the office of John R. Wood, superintendent of Dayton’s section of the Miami and Erie Canal. The superintendent collected a fee from each boat that used the canal. John H. Patterson, founder of National Cash Register Company, worked as a toll collector in an office like this when he finished college.




SMITH COVERED BRIDGE

This bridge was designed by Robert W. Smith in 1870 and was originally located in Greene County, near Bellbrook. Bridges were covered to protect the wood from the elements. They also kept horses that were afraid of water from seeing or hearing the water below.




MIAMI AND ERIE CANAL/ LOCK #17

An original section of the Miami and Erie Canal is located in Carillon Historical Park. After the canal opened, Dayton’s population rose from 2,000 to 25,000 in 25 years between 1829- 1857. Boats moved down the canal at a speed of 5 mph. It took roughly 24 hours to travel from Cincinnati to Dayton through the locks.




MORRISON IRON BRIDGE

(1881) It once spanned Tom’s Run on Gratis Road near Farmersville, Ohio. David Morrison, founder of the Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, built it.




JAMES F. DICKE FAMILY TRANSPORTATION CENTER

This building houses most of the park’s historic public transport collection. The building itself is a modern interpretation of historic railway architecture. The front of the building evokes the architecture of the roundhouse, where locomotives were stored on a turntable. The deep overhanging eaves and the tower are reminiscent of many turn of the 20th century city railway stations.




® B&O #1, THE JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

This 1835 locomotive is the oldest original American built locomotive in existence. It is nicknamed "the grasshopper" because the up and down piston movement reminds people of the way a grasshopper moves. The coal burning engine was three times faster than the canal boats of the period, and marked the start of the decline of the canal era.




® CITY RAILWAY TROLLEY

This 1903 car is representative of the summer cars which ran in Dayton from 1888 through the 1920s.




WATCHTOWER

The railroad watchtower served Dayton from 1907 to 1976 on the corner of West Fifth Street and Broadway.




DAYTON CYCLERY

Housed in this building is the Park’s collection of rare and antique bicycles with a special emphasis on the Miami Valley’s role in bicycle evolution. Bicycles from the 1860’s to the present are featured.




BOWLING GREEN STATION

Built in 1894 in Bowling Green, Ohio, this depot is divided into two sections, a waiting area and the station master’s office. The bricks outside the depot were moved from another train station in central Ohio.




H.K. PORTER ENGINE

This small locomotive ran in Middletown, Ohio at Armco’s (now AK Steel) Central Work’s from 1907-1937.




THE RUBICON

Dubbed "fireless," the Rubicon was one of three steam locomotives manufactured in Lima, Ohio, to be used as switching engines at NCR from 1909-1961.




DAYTON SALES

Dayton Sales is a representative auto sales building, housing early Dayton-made automobiles.




SUN OIL STATION

(1924) This was formerly located at the intersection of Brown and Warren Streets in Dayton. The pump in front of the station features clear glass cylinders which attendants filled with gasoline from an underground and then let them drain into customers’ cars.




THE PRINT SHOP

This was a 1930’s era working printing office with period equipment. The circa 1915 R. Hoe and Company Press, a proof press which served as the corporate symbol for McCall Printing Company, stands in front




CORLISS ENGINE

The Corliss Engine provided both electrical power and steam heat for the National Cash Register Company from 1902 to 1948.




SUGAR CAMP/WAVES CABIN 22

(1934) This was formerly located on the grounds of The National Cash Register Company’s Sugar Camp training facility. This cabin was one of 60 used to house U.S. Navy WAVES as they worked on a classified code-breaking project during World War II.




DEEDS BARN

Deeds Barn is a replica of col. Edward Deeds’ barn behind his Central Avenue Dayton Home and was the site for Charles Kettering and "The Barn Gang’s" invention of the electric self-starter for the automobile.




MARIE AULL SCULPTURE AND GARDEN

This was dedicated in 2003, pays tribute to nationally recognized conservator Marie Sturwold Aull (1897-2002) who founded Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm north of Dayton in 1957.




WILLIAM MORRIS HOUSE

The William Morris House was built of locally quarried limestone. This house was originally was divided into three rooms and contained three fireplaces.




CARRIAGE STEP AND HITCHING POST

The hitching post was used to tie up horses while the step enabled passengers to enter and exit the high wagons and coaches used in the pre-automobile era.




NEWCOM TAVERN

The oldest building in Dayton was built for Col. George Newcom in 1796. The building served many purposes and was the center of community life in Dayton’s early days. Originally, the Tavern consisted of only the right-hand room. The section containing the fireplace was added in 1798. Things to note are the second floor sleeping loft, the large fireplace and cooking apparatuses, the rope bed, cradle, and high chair.




SUNDIAL

Originally located in Van Cleve Park, the sundial was dedicated in honor of Dayton’s early settlers during the 1896 centennial celebration.




LOCUST GROVE SCHOOL

Built in 1896, this one-room schoolhouse served grades 1-8 for over 30 years in Springfield, Ohio. A pump-organ, pot-bellied stove, graduated desks, and an early flag are points of interest.




DEEDS CARILLON

The largest carillon in Ohio was built at the request of Colonel and Mrs. Edward Deeds. The tower is 151 feet tall with 57 bells. It was refurbished in 1988 from an electronic carillon to a traditional, mechanical carillon. The carillon was completed in 1942 with Mrs. Deeds plying the first concert on Easter Sunday.

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