Old North Dayton is a neighborhood northeast ofdowntown Dayton, between theGreat Miami andMad rivers. Its main routes are Troy, Brandt, Valley, Stanley, Leo and Chapel Streets.
German immigrants were the first to settle in the neighborhood, then known as 'Texas' or 'Parma'. Around the turn of the 20th century,central European immigrants, predominantlyPoles,Hungarians,Lithuanians andGermans, moved in as laborers and gave the neighborhoods its unique ethnic flavor represented by ethnicRoman Catholic churches, cultural festivals, social clubs, and a central European specialty restaurant, the Amber Rose.[1] In the 2010s, the neighborhood became home to hundreds of resettledTurkish immigrants.[2][3]
Points of interest in the neighborhoods include the Amber Rose, Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church (German),St. Adalbert's Catholic Church (Polish) - closed, St. Stephen's Catholic Church (Hungarian) - closed,Holy Cross Catholic Church (Lithuanian), and the historicKossuth Colony. The main campus of theDayton Children's Hospital as well as Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton are also in Old North Dayton.
The neighborhood is home to the Stuart Patterson Park. Formerly known as Walters Grove, the park was renamed in honor ofStuart Patterson, the nephew ofJohn H. Patterson, who died in a plane crash at nearbyMcCook Field. Stuart Patterson Park is home to the Francis Fitzsimmons Senior Citizens Center.
State Routes201 (Valley and Brandt Streets) and202 (Troy St.) provide access to downtown Dayton,Riverside, andHuber Heights.Ohio State Route 4 provides access toInterstate 75,Interstate 70,U.S. Route 35, andInterstate 675.
On May 27, 2019, the neighborhood suffered significant losses from an EF4 tornado,the worst of a series which affected the greaterMiami Valley. Multiple homes and businesses were a complete loss, with areas of the neighborhood losing power and water for several days.[4]
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