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Historical Dayton landmark featured in New York Times

Historical Dayton landmark featured in New York Times/ Carillon Park, Dayton. Photograph: Soham Parikh/The Guardian

 

The Educational & Musical Arts Inc. was created by Edith and Colonel Deeds to build the Deeds Carillon in 1940. That idea came to life in 1942, when Edith Walton Deeds oversaw the project over a two-year period.

When it was finally finished, the Deeds Carillon was one of six free-standing Carillon towers in the United States, standing at 151.5 feet tall.

Since then, the 65-acre park has become the home of Dayton’s rich history, which was highlighted in an article by The New York Times.

The article showcases open air museums all around the world, highlighting Orville Wright’s Wright Flyer III, one of the most famous exhibits at the park. The article also mentions Deeds barn, the workshop of the Wright brothers.

Other features at Carillon Park include a Heritage Center of Dayton Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship, an early settlement area which is home to Dayton’s oldest building built around 1796, a Wright Brothers National Museum and an exhibit dedicated to the flood of 1913.

The New York Times article also featured other parks as close to Dayton as Michigan’s Greenfield Village, where visitors are able to tour Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory, or as distant as the Pfalhbaumuseum Unteruldingen in Germany, where visitors can tour the remnants of ancient lake homes from 4,000 to 850 B.C.

Also featured is the Museum Meiji- mura in Inuyama, Japan, which is a 67-building historical journey through the development of Japanese architecture.

Carillon Park is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and $7 for children over 3.

The park is home to Carillon Brewing Co. and Culp’s Café, which do not require park admission to dine in.

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