Engineers Club of Dayton
Engineers Club of Dayton
110 E. Monument Avenue Dayton, OH, 45402 MAP
Phone: 937.228.2148
Web: http://www1.clubrunner.ca/CRGeneric/CPrg/Home/homeC.asp?cid=100505
The Engineers Club of Dayton is testimony that Dayton's rich engineering heritage predated the era of military aeronautical research. Dayton Industrialist Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the automobile self-starter, founded the club in 1914.
It was an outgrowth of a more informal engineering group Deeds had started. It was known as the Barn Gang and met on his property. The new club grew quickly and included John H. Patterson, president of the National Cash Register Co.
It initially met on a property owned by Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company) at the corner of Second and Madison Streets. Membership grew quickly and included many prestigious names, including airplane co-inventor Orville Wright. The club dedicated its permanent building on February 2, 1918.
The club continues to meet, and the building is host to public lectures and dinners. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Engineers Club a Blend of Old and New (DaytonDailyNews.com)
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