Hawthorn Hill
Hawthorn Hill | |
Location | 901 Harman Avenue, Oakwood, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 39°43′20″N 84°10′34″W / 39.72222°N 84.17611°W |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Schenck & Williams, Wilbur and Orville Wright |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 74001585[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 18, 1974 |
Hawthorn Hill is the house that served as the post-1914 home of
Though the property now comprises three acres (1.2 ha), the mansion originally sat on 17 acres (69,000 m2). The Wrights named the property after the hawthorn trees found on the property. There are at least 150 hawthorn trees on the site.
Orville Wright designed some of the mechanical features of the house such as the water storage tank used to collect and recycle rainwater,[2] and the central vacuum system;[3] these features reflect his creative genius. For 34 years, this house was the gathering place for the greats and near-greats in the history of American aviation.
The home was owned by the
In September 2007, Dayton History, in cooperation with the Wright Family Foundation, began offering scheduled public tours of Hawthorn Hill.
NCR extensively redecorated the mansion's interior after Orville's death. Only Orville's study approximates its pre-1948 appearance. However,
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior designated Hawthorn Hill a
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "The Dayton Foundation : Hawthorn Hill". www.daytonfoundation.org.
- ^ "The Dayton Foundation : Hawthorn Hill". www.daytonfoundation.org.
- ^ "The Dayton Foundation: News and Publications– Press Releases". www.daytonfoundation.org.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "New US World Heritage Tentative List". Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2008.
- ^ "Home of the Wright Brothers". National Aviation Heritage Area. Retrieved March 16, 2012.