# Dayton History

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**Dayton History**[1] is an organization located in [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio), USA, formed in 2005 by the merger of the [Montgomery County Historical Society](/source/Montgomery_County_Historical_Society) (originally the Dayton Historical Society) and Dayton's [Carillon Historical Park](/source/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](/source/Robert_Patterson_(pioneer)), 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](/source/Cold_War), [Atomic Age](/source/Atomic_Age), and the [Space Race](/source/Space_Race), 1948–2003.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Dayton_History_Web_Site_1-0)** ["Dayton History"](http://www.daytonhistory.org/). Dayton History. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

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