City of Dayton National Register Districts Map

The table below indicates the eighteen historic districts located in the City of Dayton that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Also shown is a multiple property nomination, the Wright-Dunbar area. Twelve of these nationally recognized districts also have a local historic designation which is commonly recognized as the most important means of historic preservation. These districts are indicated in the table below under the column “Local District.” You may read brief descriptions of residential historic districts here. You may also wish to view a list of the names and locations of historic buildings in historic district overlays.

In Dayton, preservation efforts are primarily undertaken by the Landmark Commission, whose responsibilities include the consideration of modifications to or the demolition of structures located in the local historic districts. One of the planning publications used to guide in the evaluation of modifications is the Blueprint For Rehabilitation. In the Wright-Dunbar District, an additional publication, the Wright-Dunbar Village Historic District Guidelines For New Construction, is used to supplement the Blueprint for Rehabilitation and building codes for new construction in that locally designated district.