Dayton History

About Us

Dayton History is Montgomery County’s official historical organization.  Consisting of Carillon Historical Park, the Archive Center, Hawthorn Hill, Patterson Homestead, Old Court House, Memorial Hall and Old River Park, Dayton History brings the past to life to understand the present and inspire the future by collecting, preserving, interpreting, presenting and promoting the region’s past.

Carillon Historical Park

Lauryn Bayliff
Development Coordinator

ext. 105   lbayliff@daytonhistory.org

Summer Brading
Facility Rental Coordinator

ext. 130   sbrading@daytonhistory.org
Christina Combs
Facility & Event Sales
ext. 118   ccombs@daytonhistory.org
Jennifer Dean
Development Manager
ext. 119   jdean@daytonhistory.org
Elise Hafenbrack
Director of Community Development
ext. 109   ehafenbrack@daytonhistory.org
Alex Heckman
Director of Education & Museum Operations
ext. 101   aheckman@daytonhistory.org
Lisa Kell
Collections Assistant
     
Brady Kress
President & CEO
ext. 104   bkress@daytonhistory.org
Kay Locher
Volunteer Coordinator
ext. 102   volunteer@daytonhistory.org
Steve Lucht
Lead Interpreter
ext. 131   slucht@daytonhistory.org
Mary Oliver
Director of Collections
ext. 115   moliver@daytonhistory.org
Brandi Picek
Assistant Director of Education
ext. 107   bpicek@daytonhistory.org
Pam Ribic
Executive Assistant
ext. 100   pribic@daytonhistory.org
Caitlin Shumaker
Facility Rental Manager
ext. 106   cshumaker@daytonhistory.org
Chris Taylor
Property Manager
ext. 111   ctaylor@daytonhistory.org
Lynda Vanover
Museum Store & Guest Services Manager
ext. 147   lvanover@daytonhistory.org
Larry Weinstein
Carillonneur
 

Archive Center

Curt Dalton
Visual Resources Manager
 ext. 113   cdalton@daytonhistory.org
Gwen Haney
Community Collections Manager            
 ext. 114   ghaney@daytonhistory.org

Jeff Opt
NCR Archivist

 ext. 116   jopt@daytonhistory.org

 

Patterson Homestead Historic House Museum

Jennifer Dufford
Program Manager  
937-222-9724    jdufford@daytonhistory.org

 

Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial

Josh Cain
Program Manager                                                 
937-313-2010   jcain@daytonhistory.org

 

Board of Directors

Ron Rollins
Chairman

Ryan Powell

Vice Chairman

Bob Taft

Secretary

Alexandra Ollinger

Treasurer

Eric Cluxton

At Large

Dean Alexander

Janet Brewer

Kate Ervin

Robert Gresham

Ellen Ireland

Raymond Keyton

Michael Leesman

Paul J. Morman

Barbara O'Hara

Vincent Russell

Ginny Strausburg

Stephen Wright

Brady Kress