The Patterson Homestead is a

historic house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that has been transformed into a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a ...

located at 1815 Brown Street in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...

, United States. It was built in 1816 by

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veteran

Colonel Robert Patterson Colonel Robert Patterson (1753–1827) was an American soldier and settler who helped found the cities of Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, then moved to Dayton, Ohio. Early life Born in Pennsylvania, Patterson emigrated to Kentucky ...

. The house was built using

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in several sections over forty years. In 1953, the house was donated to the city of Dayton and has been used for a variety of purposes. At present time, the museum has six rooms containing period artifacts and original Patterson family artifacts. Robert Patterson's grandsons, John Henry Patterson and Frank Jefferson Patterson lived in the house as young children, and would eventually go on to found the National Cash Register Company (now NCR Corporation) in 1884. The home is listed on the

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in 1976 and is currently operated by

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References

External links

Dayton History Website
Houses completed in 1816 Historic house museums in Ohio Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Museums in Dayton, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Ohio NCR Corporation Houses in Dayton, Ohio 1816 establishments in Ohio {{Ohio-museum-stub