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from Dayton History Books online: (full article) an excerpt from Wikipedia: (full article) In 1896, a group of citizens gathered at the Old Court House in Dayton, Ohio to create an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the Miami Valley. Their goal was to celebrate the city’s centennial by saving and converting Newcom’s Tavern, Dayton’s oldest building (ca. 1796), into the community’s first history museum. They called their organization the Dayton Historical Society. The society remained headquartered in Newcom’s Tavern for seventy-five years. In 1968, the society’s volunteers took a leadership role in the preservation of another outstanding community landmark, the 1850 Montgomery County courthouse, the nation’s best surviving example of a Greek Revival style courthouse. Citizen Horace Pease of Dayton who had in his personal library a book of sketches of the Acropolis in Athens, which showed the Temple of Theseus, which he admired. Pease showed it to the Montgomery County Commissioners, who also were favorably impressed, and agreed it would be a good model for the new Courthouse. They hired architect Howard Daniels of New York to draw the plans in which he captured the form and beauty of the ancient Greek temple. The building restored and well maintained, stands as a tribute to the leaders of old Dayton and to the artisans of the Miami Valley who built it. . The Dayton Historical Society became The Montgomery County Historical Society and relocated to the Old Court House. Newcom's Tavern is now located on the grounds of the Carillon Historical Park. an excerpt from the Dayton Metro Library: (full article) The Newcom Tavern was for many years after its construction a center for community activities, but before long city officials realized the need for more space. In 1805 the first brick house was built by Hugh McCullum and some of the rooms were rented to the County. In the same year the County built its first official courthouse on land donated by Daniel C. Cooper. This was replaced by a larger building on the same site in 1817. The city was growing, however, and in 1844 a committee was appointed to plan for yet a third courthouse building. The committee consisted of Samuel Forrer and Horace Pease. Mr. Pease conceived of a Greek Revival architectural style for the new building, inspired by a picture of the Theseum appearing in a book entitled The Antiquities of Athens from his personal library. This concept was faithfully rendered by the architect Howard Daniels, although he included many Roman features in the interior of the structure. The resulting building has long been considered one of the most original expressions of the Greek Revival style in America. The stone used in the construction of the building was limestone or "Dayton marble." The first railroad to enter Dayton was built for the purpose of transporting stone to the construction site from Beavertown when Mr. James O. Arnold was the director of the railroad. The dedication ceremony for the new courthouse, the third to be built on the same site since 1805, was held on April 12, 1850. an excerpt from Dayton History books online: (full article)
Horace Pease was born in Suffield, Connecticut,
February 14, 1791, and in 1827 settled in Carrollton, going into partnership
with his brother Perry in a small distillery to make wine from apples and
peaches. In 1839 they built a flour-mill on East Third Street, now occupied by
Joseph B. Gebhart & Son, and Horace moved to Dayton to take charge of it. In
1852 the partnership was dissolved, Horace taking the Dayton property. Mr. Pease
was sent to the State Legislature in 1834, and was one of the board of county
commissioners when the old Court-house was built. In 1821 he married Ann Stiltz,
of Baltimore, Maryland. She died in 1829, leaving four children, and in 1832 Mr.
Pease married Sarah Belville, of New Castle, Delaware. They had seven children.
In 1849 Mr. Pease started the Buckeye Iron and Brass Works, of which his son,
Charles E. Pease, is now president, it having been incorporated in 1875. Walter
Pease was an officer during the Civil War, and Webster Pease invented a machine
for cutting chewing tobacco. Mrs. James Stockstill, Mrs. Horace Phillips, and C.
E. Pease are the only children living. Mrs. Pease died in 1862. and Mr. Pease
died July 29, 1875. George Pease, deceased, was a native of Suffield, Conn.. born November 25, 1798. He received a good education, and in his earlier years, followed the profession of a teacher, and in 1825, emigrated to Ohio, coming over the mountains in a stage to Pittsburgh, Penn., at which point he and a companion purchased a canoe and floated down the river to Cincinnati, arriving there late in October. When he got to Cincinnati, his whole capital was $5, and he there spent the winter with his brother Horace, who was engaged in business at that point. In the early spring of 1826, he came to Miami Township and stopped with his brother Perry, who was running a distillery at a point called Lamme's Mills. He was married, August 23, 1831, to Ellen Wheatley, to whom were born four children, viz,: Mary D. (deceased), Mindwell (deceased), Gamaliel and Ellen. His wife died November 16, 1839, and he was again married, April 6, 1841, to Mary A. Lamme, daughter of David Lamme, one of the pioneers of the Miami Valley. Of this union three children were born, as follows : Horace L., David W. and Harriet. At the opening of the canal, Perry Pease moved to Carrollton and built a mill, George taking charge of the old distillery, but shortly after he also removed to Carrollton, where he engaged with his brothers, Horace and Perry, and took charge of the office, in which capacity he was employed until 1848. when he retired from the mills, purchased a comfortable home and engaged in outside business. He was for many years Treasurer and General Manager of the Great Miami Turnpike Company, but in 1868, retired from active business to live quietly at his comfortable home, in the enjoyment and companionship of wife and family. Thus some seven years were passed when death again visited his happy fireside, taking from him his loving wife, who died August 30, 1875. He survived her until February 23, 1880, when he too passed away, leaving a name and record bright with good deeds. He became a Mason in April, 1822, joining Appollo Lodge, of Suffield, Conn., in that year, and at the time of his death was an honored member of Minerva Lodge, No. 98, at Miamisburg. by which the funeral services were conducted. He was also one of the organizers of' the Presbyterian Church of Carrollton, and at his decease one of its oldest members. Politically, Mr. Pease was always a Whig and Republican, and, although interested in politics and in early life an earnest worker for his party, he never held nor desired official position. Mr. Pease, through all his years of business, was a man of sterling integrity, whose word was ever as good as his bond, and he died respected and honored by the entire community in which he spent such a long and useful life.
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