Graphic Arts Building (Dayton, Ohio)
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Graphic Arts Building | |
 Front and southern side of the building | |
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| Location | 221-223 S. Ludlow St., Dayton, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°45′21″N 84°11′35″W / 39.75583°N 84.19306°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Harry I. Schenck; Harry J. Williams |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000911[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 2009 |
The Graphic Arts Building is a historic commercial building on the edge of downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Built in the 1920s, it long housed the publishing house of a Protestant denomination, and it has been named a historic site.
The Ohio Christian Book Association, established in 1843,[2] was a publishing house associated with the denomination that later became known as the Christian Connexion,[3] which in turn is one of the ancestors of the current United Church of Christ.[4] A part of the Restoration Movement, the Connexion sponsored the publishing of the Herald of Gospel Liberty, which has been claimed as the world's oldest religious newspaper. Beginning in 1868, this periodical was published by the Connexion's publishing house, which by this time operated under the later name of "Christian Publishing Association".[5]: 414 In the same year, the association bought a building in downtown Dayton, but ultimately found it unsatisfactory, and after more than ten years of operation from rented quarters, the association purchased another piece of land for $28,000. Construction began soon after the real estate was sold, and by the time that it was completed in June 1905, more than $100,000 had been spent on the building and its equipment.[5]: 415 Twenty years later, the association arranged for the construction of the present property on Ludlow Street, which they only occupied for eleven years before moving in 1936.[2]
