Centre City Building

The Centre City Building (formerly known as the United Brethren Building,) is an historic building at 36-44 South Main Street at the corner of East Fourth Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It was designed by Charles Herby and built in 1904 by the F.A. Requarth Co. for the sum of $305,000 as the headquarters of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ Christian denomination. Originally 14 stories, it was the tallest building in Dayton from 1904 until 1931. A 7-story tower portion was completed in 1927, capped by a chapel for the Church, making it 21 stories total.[2] It is considered to have been Dayton's first skyscraper.[3]

This article is about the Centre City Building in Dayton, Ohio. For the Centre City Building in San Diego, California, see Medico-Dental Building.
United Brethren Publishing House
LocationDayton, Ohio
Coordinates39°45′30″N 84°11′29″W
ArchitectCharles Herby[1]
Architectural styleChicago[1]
NRHP reference No.93001391[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1993

It housed the general offices of the church, and of the succeeding Evangelical United Brethren Church. It also served as headquarters to the United Brethren Publishing House.[4] It was sold in 1975, converted to a personal residence by its owner, then sat vacant by 2012.[2] It was purchased in 2017 by Centre City Partners LP, with plans for a $46 million renovation to include residence apartments, office spaces and retail shops.[4]

This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1993.[1]

On Saturday, January 11, 2020, a number of the building's windows were blown out by powerful storm winds, resulting in the temporary closure of the neighboring Wright Stop Plaza, the downtown hub for the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority. At the time, the building was up for sale for more than four million dollars.[5]

On Tuesday, November 10, 2020, a large pane of glass from the building fell onto a nearby sidewalk, forcing barriers erected after the damage from the windstorm to be pushed back even further. The building has been vacant since the mid-2000s, changing ownership a couple of times during that period. Dayton city manager Shelley Dickstein expressed that the building may see development following completion of the renovation of the Dayton Arcade.[3]

Historic uses
  • Church headquarters
  • Commerce/trade
  • Manufacturing

See also
  • List of Registered Historic Places in Montgomery County, Ohio

Sources
  • Eller, Paul Himmel,These Evangelical United Brethren (Dayton, Ohio: The Otterbein Press, 1950).
  • listing at Emporis.com (retrieved 22 September 2009)

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Wilde, Renee (May 22, 2019). "A House On Top Of A Skyscraper? WYSO Curious Looks Up At Dayton's Centre City Building". WYSO.org. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  3. "Vacant City Centre Building becomes safety threat". WHIO-TV. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  4. Frolik, Cory (January 24, 2017). "5 things to know about the $46M plan for downtown building". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  5. Sick, Chelsea (January 11, 2020). "RTA Wright Stop Plaza Transit Center closed due to wind debris". WDTN. Retrieved January 13, 2020.


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