Konigorski, Ulrich

Manderla, Maximilian

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University of Dayton

University of DaytoneCommonsNews Releases Marketing and Communications3-9-2007Campus Report Mar 9, 2007Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rlsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusionin News Releases by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact frice1@udayton.edu,mschlangen1@udayton.edu.Recommended Citation"Campus Report Mar 9, 2007" (2007). News Releases. 2193.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls/219311/20/13 University of Dayton : CAMPUS REPORT ONLYwww.udayton.edu/news/articles/2007/03/building_26_not_eligible_for_national_register_listing.php 1/2University of Dayton, Ohio (url: http://www.udayton.edu/index.php)Campus Report Mar 9, 200703.09.2007 | Campus and Community, Culture and SocietyThe University of Dayton will not restore Building 26, following a study by ASC Group Inc. that findsthe heavily altered building has lost its historical integrity and is ineligible for the National Registerof Historic Places.The decision paves the way for remediation of 11 acres of land fronting the Great Miami River, partof a $2.54 million grant secured through the state's Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund program.UD President Daniel J. Curran has established a historical stewardship group comprising representatives from UD and thecommunity to work with Burt Hill, UD's master planner, and explore options for commemorating historically significant activitiesthat took place on the site. Options could include public art, a plaza or a museum-type display. Architectural elements salvagedfrom the building also could be incorporated into the memorial. UD officials have pledged to commemorate these activities in amanner consistent with the best practices for historic preservation nationwide.Curran called the decision to demolish the building a hard one. ''This was a difficult decision and one that we don't take lightly,''he said. ''We respect the passion of those who want to preserve the building. Ultimately, with the help of professionals, weconcluded that there's not enough left of the original building to preserve and restore."During World War II, the building served as the top-secret site for NCR engineer and UD alumnus Joseph Desch'sdevelopment of a code-breaking machine credited with helping to bring the war to a close. The building has been extensivelyremodeled and has lost its historical integrity, according to Doug Terpstra, a certified architectural historian who completed thestudy.To be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, a building must be both associated with an important historic eventand retain its historic integrity. Building 26 is historically significant, but does not meet six out of the seven required criteria forintegrity. ASC Group evaluated location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association.''Building 26 was substantially altered in the 1960s and later, primarily through the application of three large additions to thenorth, west and south walls. This building no longer resembles the original structure,'' according to the ASC Group report.''Other alterations included the replacement of the original glass block windows, the removal of much of the Art Deco ornamentto accommodate the additions, and the remodeling of the interior, including changing the floor plan. While Building 26 remainsin its original location (one of the required criteria), the additions and alterations have removed the building's integrity of design,materials and workmanship. The remainder of the National Cash Register factory's demolition has removed the building'sintegrity of setting. With its original appearance and setting gone, Building 26 does not retain integrity of feeling or association.Further, the physical alterations to Building 26 have removed the building's historic integrity."The ASC Group's report is the second evaluation commissioned by UD to help officials determine the fate of the mothballedformer NCR sales training center that sits on the corner of Stewart Street and Patterson Boulevard. In 2006, the University ofDayton also hired Martin-Beachler Architects Inc. to conduct an assessment, which included some investigatory demolition andan examination of drawings and photographs of the building. That study concluded that much of the original building, includingthe glass block limestone entry, wood windows and entry stairs, had been removed during remodeling. The cost to recreate theoriginal Art Deco west façade, including demolition of the additions surrounding the original building, would run between $2.8and $3.3 million, according to the firm.UD officials also turned to the Miller-Valentine Group to assess the use and availability of historic tax credits. ''We learned thathistoric tax credits are available only for certified historic structures either individually listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces or located in a registered historic district,'' said Richard Perales, University campus planning director. ''Even ifpreservation of Building 26 did qualify for tax credits, the credits are minimal and would only marginally offset the significantcosts of restoration."The University of Dayton purchased 49 acres of land, which included Building 26, another building on Brown Street now knownas the College Park Center, two parking lots and two soccer fields, for $25 million from NCR in June 2005. In December 2005,11/20/13 University of Dayton : CAMPUS REPORT ONLYwww.udayton.edu/news/articles/2007/03/building_26_not_eligible_for_national_register_listing.php 2/2the city of Dayton was awarded $2.54 million from the state's Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund to raze Building 26 and remediate11 acres of riverfront land. Although no date has been set for the building's demolition, UD officials say they must showprogress on meeting that grant's requirements to increase the city's ability to compete successfully in the next round of CleanOhio revitalization funding, which will be decided in October.Most of NCR's manufacturing facilities on the site were demolished in the 1970s, and the property has remained largelyunused since then. The site is considered a brownfield, but only a portion requires remediation, depending upon developmentplans. A draft of UD's new master plan for the entire 259-acre campus is expected to be completed in May, but UD hadcommitted to constructing a mixed-use project on the 11-acre portion by the river when the city applied for the Clean OhioRevitalization Fund grant.''When UD purchased the property, we committed to using it to expand campus, spur development by the river and develop agateway entrance to the University and the cities of Dayton, Kettering and Oakwood. As a community, we face an unparalleledopportunity to build UD's campus for the 21st century, while driving economic development in a region that needs new jobs,''Curran said. ''We also have an opportunity to keep an important story alive. I'm convinced that we can meet all of thoseobjectives."The historical stewardship group will be charged with considering a broad range of options for commemoration, raising moneyfor the effort and advising Curran how best to honor the achievements of Desch and the Dayton codebreakers.The historical stewardship group will be chaired by Vincent Russo, executive adviser in the office of the president at UD andformer executive director of the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Other members include: BradyKress, president and CEO of Dayton History; David Bohardt, president of Preservation Dayton Inc.; Debbie Desch Anderson, aUD graduate who produced a documentary about her father's achievements; Bruce Langos, NCR senior vice president ofglobal operations; Jeff Bruce, former editor of the Dayton Daily News; Richard Perales, University campus planning director;Ted Bucaro, director of government and regional relations at UD; Paul Morman, historian and former dean of the College of Artsand Sciences at UD; Teri Rizvi, associate vice president for public relations at UD; and an NCR representative.The ASC Group report is available here. It was originally performed to meet federal funding requirements from the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers, which awarded UD $3.4 million for infrastructure improvements on the entire parcel of land. In a letter thisweek, the Corps announced that UD's project has been redefined as the Eastern part of the site bordered by Main, Brown,Stewart and Caldwell streets. The timing of the funding is uncertain.

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