Historic structure report - Hoover Block (Historic structure 02)
Prepared by Quinn Evans/Architects. 1999. Historic structure report - Hoover Block (Historic structure 02). Historic Structure Report. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
The Hoover Block’s significance stems from the fact that the Wright brothers operated their printing business there from 1890 to 1895, and the building’s association with poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. The building continued to play an important role in the lives of the Wright brothers when, after the Wright’s invention of the airplane at the turn-of-the-century, the third floor of the building was used by the International Aeroplane Club of Dayton for monthly meetings from its founding in 1909. The Hoover Block is listed in the 1989 National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form as a contributing structure in the West Third Street Historic District. The building itself is not currently under nomination as a National Historic Landmark. This report includes a general description of the property and documents the project team members, the scope of the project, the investigation methodology, and recommendations for further research. It is based on documentary evidence collected to date, limited physical probing and destructive testing, and architectural inspection.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Prepared by Quinn Evans/Architects
- Date of Issue
- 1999-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- DAAV , HIST
- Keywords
- Archeology, Architecture, Aviation, Building Chronology, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Geology, History, Hoover Block, Recommendations, Resource Management, Restoration, Wright Brothers
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 070086: Hoover Block