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  1. Rike-Kumler Company Building 1
    Rike-Kumler Company Building
    United StatesDayton
    58 m 12 fl 1912
  2. NCR Building 2
    NCR Building
    United StatesDayton
    50 m 10 fl 1906
  3. ▢
    3
    Longworth Steam Plant
    United StatesDayton
    46 m 13 fl
  4. ▢
    4
    Steele High School
    United StatesDayton
    46 m 4 fl 1891
  5. Hotel Van Cleve 5
    Hotel Van Cleve
    United StatesDayton
    44 m 12 fl 1929
  6. Gas & Electric Building 6
    Gas & Electric Building
    United StatesDayton
    41 m 9 fl 1926
  7. 9 East Third Street 7
    9 East Third Street
    United StatesDayton
    40 m 10 fl 1913
  8. Schwind Building 8
    Schwind Building
    United StatesDayton
    37 m 11 fl 1913
  9. Mutual Home Building 9
    Mutual Home Building
    United StatesDayton
    36 m 10 fl 1917
  10. ▢
    10
    Delco Building 22
    United StatesDayton
    32 m 6 fl 1923
  11. Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Plant 11
    Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Plant
    United StatesSpringfield
    30 m 8 fl 1924
  12. Bancroft Hotel 12
    Bancroft Hotel
    United StatesSpringfield
    27 m 8 fl
  13. Admiral Benbow Hotel 13
    Admiral Benbow Hotel
    United StatesDayton
    13 fl 1966
  14. Hotel Miami 14
    Hotel Miami
    United StatesDayton
    12 fl 1915
  15. Callahan Building 15
    Callahan Building
    United StatesDayton
    12 fl 1886
  16. Holiday Inn Downtown 16
    Holiday Inn Downtown
    United StatesDayton
    11 fl
  17. Springfield Regional Medical Center, High Street Campus 17
    Springfield Regional Medical Center, High Street Campus
    United StatesSpringfield
    9 fl 1932
  18. Arcue Building 18
    Arcue Building
    United StatesSpringfield
    9 fl 1917
  19. 16-18 South Main Street 19
    16-18 South Main Street
    United StatesDayton
    8 fl 1927
  20. Springfield Regional Medical Center, Fountain Boulevard Campus 20
    Springfield Regional Medical Center, Fountain Boulevard Campus
    United StatesSpringfield
    7 fl 1950
  21. Edwin F. Brown Hospital 21
    Edwin F. Brown Hospital
    United StatesDayton
    7 fl 1930
  22. ▢
    22
    Temple Court Dry Goods Warehouse
    United StatesDayton
    7 fl 1923
  23. ▢
    23
    Good Samaritan Hospital
    United StatesDayton
    7 fl 1975
  24. Lowe Building 24
    Lowe Building
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl 1922
  25. National Cash Register - Building 7 25
    National Cash Register - Building 7
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl
  26. Worman Building 26
    Worman Building
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl 1895
  27. 1601 South Main Street 27
    1601 South Main Street
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl
  28. ▢
    28
    Rotterman Building
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl 1892
  29. ▢
    29
    Miami Valley Hospital East Building
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl 1925
  30. Robertson Building 30
    Robertson Building
    United StatesSpringfield
    6 fl
  31. ▢
    31
    215-221 South Main Street
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl
  32. 1-13 Bacon Street 32
    1-13 Bacon Street
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl 1907
  33. ▢
    33
    Churchill Apartments
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl
  34. ▢
    34
    Maud Muller Apartments
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl
  35. Canby Building 35
    Canby Building
    United StatesDayton
    6 fl
  36. National Cash Register - Building 3 36
    National Cash Register - Building 3
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl
  37. National Cash Register - Building 2 37
    National Cash Register - Building 2
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl
  38. National Cash Register - Building 4 38
    National Cash Register - Building 4
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl
  39. ▢
    39
    135-139 East 5th Street
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl
  40. ▢
    40
    Dayton Daily News Building
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl 1922
  41. ▢
    41
    211 South Ludlow Street
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl 1916
  42. Davies Building 42
    Davies Building
    United StatesDayton
    5 fl
  43. ▢
    43
    The Loretto
    United StatesDayton
    4 fl
  44. National Cash Register - Building 1 44
    National Cash Register - Building 1
    United StatesDayton
    4 fl
  45. ▢
    45
    Wright State University Kettering Center
    United StatesDayton
    3 fl 1970
  46. ▢
    46
    Presbyterian Church
    United StatesDayton
    1867
  47. Third Street Presbyterian Church 47
    Third Street Presbyterian Church
    United StatesDayton
    1881
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