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Preservation Ohio names Julienne an endangered historic site

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By Anthony Gottschlich, Staff Writer Updated 7:57 PM Thursday, May 21, 2009

DAYTON — It’s a designation supporters of the former Julienne High School hope doesn’t last for long — endangered.

But that’s the label the nonprofit group Preservation Ohio has given the school building at 325 Homewood Ave., whose future remains uncertain in a tug of war between preservationists and Dayton Public Schools.

Thomas N. Palmer, Preservation Ohio’s executive director, told about 15 Julienne supporters at the school Thursday, May 21, that the 1926-era Classical Revival style building has made his organization’s 2009 List of Ohio’s Most Endangered Historic Sites.

Preservation Ohio will promote the building across the state and nation in hopes of generating interest to save and redevelop it, if not for a school, then perhaps for another use.

“This is a wonderful building, it’s structurally sound,” Palmer said.

Marc Suda, president of the Five Oaks Neighborhood Improvement Association, said if Dayton schools doesn’t want to renovate Julienne for a school, it should consider building a new school on the vacant lot it owns down the hill, rather than raze Julienne.

“That’s a possibility,” Dayton Superintendent Kurt Stanic said Thursday.

But first, he added, school district officials must meet with Five Oaks parents to see what kind of school they’d like to have. On April 15, The City Commission ordered a meeting between parents and the district in hopes of reaching a compromise.

A meeting is in the works, Stanic said, but “this is the busiest time for a school district, with all of our different events, graduations, honor ceremonies,” etc.

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