Moraine Farm

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The address for Moraine Farm is 1233 W. Stroop Rd (Sutherly Newsbank). It was home to the late Col. Edward Andrew Deeds (Sutherly Newsbank). Edward Deeds was part of the aviation program during WW1. Moraine Farm is 100 years old (this year)(Sutherly Newsbank). The property is approximately eight acres large (Sutherly Newsbank). Moraine Farm was part of a great time of engineering and development and continues to be a great place with a great future still ahead. Virginia Kettering wanted to buy Moraine Farm from National Cash Register (NCR) but could not come up with the amount they wanted for it (Sutherly Newsbank). Virginia wanted to entrust Moraine Farm to the namesake Hospital system (Sutherly Newsbank). It was purchased by Kettering Health Network (KHN) (Sutherly Newsbank). The price NCR wanted for Moraine Farm was eight-million dollars (Sutherly Newsbank). The amount it was sold for was unknown (Sutherly Newsbank). Edward Deeds was born in Canton Ohio Sept. 3, 1967(Sams Cultural Landscape). Deeds bought the property before Moraine Farm was even built (Sams Cultural Landscape). He bought it off of John Eby (Sams Cultural Landscape). The Olmsted Brother’s Firm buildings design in Brookline Massachusetts had a direct impact on the design of Moraine Farm (Sams Cultural Landscape). The farm was a private residence of Colonel Edward A. Deeds (Sams Cultural Landscape). To Deeds, Moraine farm was an escape from his hectic business life (Sams Cultural Landscape). Moraine Farm demonstrated a great significance in three of the four criteria to be a place of significance (Sams Cultural Landscape). Colonel Deeds was an incredible impact on Dayton history (Sams Cultural Landscape). Deeds led the U.S. into World War 1 wi... ... middle of paper ... ...of Fame). Deeds stepped down as chairman of NCR board in 1957 (Lynch, Hall of Fame). He died July 1, 1960 after having a three-year illness (Lynch, Hall of Fame). Works Cited 1) Ben Sutherly Kettering Health buys Moraine Farm from NCR http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=12C7C2DBFA7218E0&p_docnum=3 2) Cheryl Ann Sams, B.A. Colonel Edward A. Deeds Moraine Farm- Kettering, Ohio A Cultural Landscape Report: http://etd.ohiolink.edu/send-pdf.cgi/Sams%20Cheryl%20Ann.pdf?osu1302109268 3) Dayton Daily News NCR’s Moraine Farm is Dayton’s History http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=12A380223ACE94A8&p_docnum=2 4) Deeds Barn and the Self-Starter Book 5) Mary Ellen Lynch Dayton Daily News Edward A. Deeds: Our own Hall of Fame http://www.daytonhistorybooks.com/halloffamedeeds.html

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