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Dayton's Abandoned Skyscraper Where the Wright Brothers Had an Office

This abandoned skyscraper had a luxurious penthouse suite, a recording studio, and the Wright brothers even rented an office here.

Johnny Joo
Dec 07, 2020
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An incredible abandoned skyscraper (though no longer an official skyscraper as of today's definition) that not only held a recording studio, and luxurious penthouse suite, but many other operations throughout. The Wright brothers even had an office here. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1993. Let’s take a moment and dive a bit deeper into the history of this building.

abandoned centre city dayton ohio
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