Dayton History

'''Dayton History'''<ref name="Dayton History Web Site">{{cite web|title=Dayton History|url=http://www.daytonhistory.org/|publisher=Dayton History|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref> is an organization located in [[Dayton, Ohio]], USA, formed in 2005 by the merger of the [[Montgomery County Historical Society]] (originally the Dayton Historical Society) and Dayton's [[Carillon Historical Park]].

The private non-profit (501c3) organization was established to acknowledge the history of Dayton, Ohio. The following sites are under Dayton History’s care:

* '''Carillon Historical Park:''' 30 historic structures and over three million artifacts * '''Carillon Brewing Company:''' The only fully operational production brewery in a U.S. museum. * '''Hawthorn Hill:''' Orville Wright’s success mansion, est. 1914. * '''Patterson Homestead:''' Originally the home of Colonel [[Robert Patterson (pioneer)|Robert Patterson]], a Revolutionary War soldier and founder of Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, est. 1816. * '''The Archive Center:''' A 100+ year-old collection of millions of the Dayton region’s artifacts, originally managed by the Montgomery County Historical Society, est. 1896. * '''The Mound Cold War Discovery Center:''' Top-secret, scientific work of Mound Laboratory used during the [[Cold War]], [[Atomic Age]], and the [[Space Race]], 1948–2003.

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[[Category:Historical societies in Ohio]] [[Category:Organizations based in Dayton, Ohio]]