Schenck and Williams was an architectural firm in Dayton, Ohio. The firm's projects included the

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home for Orville Wright and his sister and father, the Dayton Young Men's Christian Association Building, and the

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building. The firm's partners were Harry J. Williams and Harry I. Schenck, both 1903 Cornell University graduates
Vol. XXII No.5 October 23, 1919 Cornell Alumni News and members of the

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Several other Cornell graduates including Nelson J. Bell (1904), Robert E. Schenck (1912), Albert R. Reilly (1914), Wolfe Marcovitch (1915), Leslie L. Lambert (1916), Ernst W. Kurz (1917) and Ellason R. Smith (1917) came to work for the firm. The partners were members of the

and designed its building in 1916. Workers completed the construction of the Engineers Club in early 1918.Engineers Club of Dayton
The Engineers Club History Harry I. Schenck was a charter club member. ''Architectural Record'' (in volume 45) included a long article about the club and its building, including a photograph and floor plans. The Club was described as a special collaboration between engineers, who supported it, and architects, and the article's author noted that it was designed in the Georgian architectural style.

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Schenck & Williams architects Architectural record, Volume 45American Institute of Architects McGraw-Hill, 1919 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Dec 12, 2007

Projects

* Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ, 10 W. Monument Street in Pleasant Hill, Ohio *

(1912-1914),

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(1918), NRHP-listed * Liberty Tower (Dayton) * Charles F. Kettering House (1914), National Historic Landmark. Destroyed by fire in 1997. *

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(1922), an 11-story bank building at the "heart of downtown"

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* Graphic Arts Building (1925), Dayton. * Dayton Power and Light Building 601,607-609, 613-645 E. Third St., Dayton, Ohio. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 12, 2006. * Jenet-Roetter House (1913), 148 Squirrel Road in the Five Oaks District, Dayton, Ohio, is a notable example of Prairie Style architecture and is designated as a Dayton Historic Landmark.City of Dayton, Department of Planning, "Blueprint for Rehabilitation." Page 25. https://www.daytonohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/538/Blueprint-For-Rehabilitation-PDF?bidId=

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