Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

National park sites across Dayton tracing the Wright brothers' work, starting at their bicycle shop neighborhood.

16 S Williams St · Dayton, OH

About Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

This national historical park is spread over several sites that follow the Wright brothers and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar through Dayton. Start at the Wright-Dunbar Visitor Center, next to the Wright Cycle Company building where the brothers ran a bicycle shop and print shop from 1895 to 1897. Other units include Huffman Prairie Flying Field, the Paul Laurence Dunbar House and Hawthorn Hill, Orville Wright's home. The sites managed by the National Park Service charge no entrance fee.

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