For a couple years now I’ve tried to figure out why there is a Prairie House in the Style of Frank Lloyd Wright on South Main among a neighborhood of Victorians. The house gives off clues to it’s origins but nothing has ever been concretely verified. Was it designed…
In 1977 PRISM submitted the South Main Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places. Thanks to Roger Daniels for contributing these!. PRISM National Register Application Part 1 PRISM National Register Application Part 2
Daniel McCallay Journal 1867 Daniel McCallay and his brother-in-law, Capt. Robert Wilson, were in the tobacco business together. In 1877 McCallay bought an interest in the business, which became The Wilson & McCallay Tobacco Company. He was born in 1839 and owned the house at 228 South Main Street. This…
The South Main Historic District is one of Middletown, Ohio’s oldest Historic Districts. Contained within it’s boundaries are eighty-one structures that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although this district contains a variety of architectural styles, building materials, setbacks, landscaping and land uses, there is still…
