Samuel N. Brown House

Samuel N. Brown House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front and southern side
Location	1633 Wayne Ave., Dayton, Ohio
Coordinates	39°44′42″N 84°10′11″W / 39.74500°N 84.16972°WCoordinates: 39°44′42″N 84°10′11″W / 39.74500°N 84.16972°W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1875
Architectural style	Second Empire
NRHP Reference #	77001075[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1977

The Samuel N. Brown House is a historic residence in southern Dayton, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the 1870s for a prominent industrialist, it has been used for commercial purposes since the 1920s, and it has been named a historic site.

Samuel N. Brown, the original resident, was the owner of the Dayton-based firm of S.N. Brown and Company. Founded in 1847, it produced parts for horse-drawn carriages, such as wheel hubs, spokes, and entire wheels. Brown arranged in 1875 for the construction of the house, which was sold to a local hospital in 1920 and operated it until their bankruptcy in 1923. Much of its history has been spent as the location of an antique shop,^[2] although for a time in the 2000s it was used by Madisson House, a garment shop.^[3]

The Brown House rests on a stone foundation and is covered with an asphalt roof; some sections of the walls are weatherboarded.^[4] Built in the shape of the letter "T", the house features components such as a tower at the left of the facade, a prominent mansard roof, and a veranda placed around the whole facade. Under the roof, the eaves feature a cornice composed of brackets with frieze.^[2] The house is a two-story structure with numerous dormer windows piercing the roof, most of them arched, while the first floor includes tall rectangular windows and some smaller square windows along with arches.^[4] Among the smaller details, yet still prominent, is the railing surrounding the top of the tower.^[2] Together, these elements produce the appearance of a Second Empire residence.^[1]

In 1977, the Brown House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture and because of its connection to Samuel Brown. Another National Register-listed property, the Westbrock Funeral Home, is located across the street.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1027.
3. About Us, Madisson House, n.d. Accessed via Archive.org, 2008-09-14.
4. Brown, Samuel N. House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2014-02-23.