St. Anne's Hill Historic Society Papers 1858-2011 1970-1989

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St. Anne's Hill Historic Society Papers 1858-2011 1970-1989

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/ODaWU0028

The collection includes administrative records for the Historic Society's Board of Trustees and General Membership; posters, bulletins and invitations for various events; the Society's monthly newsletter and other publications; scrapbooks on various subjects, photographs, news clippings and information on various topics of interest to the Society and residents of St. Anne's Hill, such as crime, nuisance properties, etc.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6396511

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The area now known as St. Anne's Hill was originally part of the City of Dayton's "out-lots" first plotted in 1815. The name "St. Anne's Hill" appears as early as the 1830s in newspaper advertisements promoting products for a greenhouse/nursery in the area. Unfortunately no explanation on the origin of the name has been discovered. Early on, the neighborhood became home to several prominent businessmen, like Swiss immigrant and botanist, Eugene Dutoit, who erected the ar...