The Oregon Historic District Neighborhood

07/25/2026

Preservation Dayton will be conducting a guided walking tour for of the Oregon Historic District Saturday July 25. The tour is limited to 20 guests and will end around 7 p.m. The tour adds additional information about our neighborhood from the self-guided walking tours that PDI created for Oregon and Dayton's other historic districts

Welcome to the homepage for Preservation Dayton's self-guided walking tours of the 10 historically-zoned district areas located in Dayton, Ohio. These walking tours will highlight a few of the...

04/26/2026

🛒 A building that used to move freight for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad now moves 370,000 people through its doors every year.

A 1911 railroad warehouse was pulled back from the edge of demolition and turned into Dayton's most vibrant weekly gathering place.

The 2nd Street Market fills that block-long historic building with more than 50 local vendors: farmers, bakers, artisan cheesemakers, honey producers, flower growers, and a stretch of small restaurants serving everything from French crepes to Mexican street food. Walk in hungry and you'll have a hard time deciding where to start.

It's run by Five Rivers MetroParks, which is its own kind of Dayton thing.

A parks system operating one of the best public markets in Ohio. It just works.

➡️ 2nd Street Market
📍 600 E. 2nd St., Dayton, OH 45402