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Dayton's Bluff Neighborhood

Muench-Heinemann House

334 Mounds Boulevard Built: ca. 1869 Style: Italianate This is the last of the surviving Italianate mansion of the western crest of Dayton's Bluff and the oldest surviving Muench family property. When Lyman Dayton died he was buried at the front of the bluff between Fifth and Sixth Streets. However, when Gustav Muench built his home on the site of Dayton's burial, Dayton's remains were moved to Oakland Cemetery.

Biography of Lyman Dayton http://www.daytonsbluff.org/LymanDayton.html

Comment: (172.171.252.73) Check out the period photograph of this house, I believe at the daytonsbluff.org website--its current condition will then make you cry!

Comment: (161.181.53.10) sad.

Comment: Yeah, as if your house is nicer than this.. get a grip, pally!

Comment: this house is awesome now that the restoring is done and the view of downtown and the river from this place rocks

Comment: This house was built on a former burial ground! say no more