University Row North Traditional Cache
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The historic University Row neighborhood, an area bounded by Salem, Cornell, Catalpa and Harvard Blvd, is part of an older suburb once known as Upper Dayton View. Settled in the late teens and twenties, the area drew large numbers of prominent Daytonians who had suffered through the 1913 flood and were looking for high ground safe from the threat of devastating flood waters. Developed on farm land at the northern edge of the city, Upper Dayton View’s winding streets and picturesque homes and gardens offered a park-like escape from the bustle of the old city center. By 1930, its beautiful and spacious Colonial, Georgian, Tudor, Spanish Revival, and Craftsman style homes had made the neighborhood the city’s most elegant and prestigious new suburb.
Among the businessmen and professionals who were attracted to the growing area were many members of the city’s Jewish community. They first began to move from their downtown and East Dayton locations into Lower Dayton View at the turn of the century, and the 1913 flood further encouraged their movement to higher land on the outskirts of the city. Banned from Oakwood through the use of discriminatory real estate practices, their only residential choice for new upscale homes was in Upper Dayton View. Temple Israel, which built the first synagogue in the neighborhood in 1925, was followed by Beth Jacob in 1939, Beth Abraham in 1943, and Shomrei Emunah Young Israel in 1965. Residing alongside the many Protestants and Catholics who also lived in the new suburb, Upper Dayton View began with a cultural diversity which continues to be one of its most distinguishing characteristics to the present day.
As African Americans continued to expand their residential opportunities in the 1960’s and 1970’s, they gradually began to make their home in the Dayton View area. While many neighborhoods resisted this influx, the Dayton View Neighborhood Council embraced it, pledging to welcome African American residents and to discourage “white flight.” As a result of their commitment and that of others in the neighborhood, University Row made a successful transition, taking great pride in the diversity of age, ethnicity, religion, educational background and economic level which characterized their neighborhoods.
Today, University Row continues to offer a high quality of life to those who reside there.
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