Dayton Metro Library, Dayton

Name: Dayton Metro Library
Address: 215 E 3rd St, Dayton, 45402, United States
Telephone: (937) 463-2665

#41 among attractions in Dayton

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Facts and practical information

Dayton Metro Library is a multi-branch library system serving 458,677 residents of the Dayton Metropolitan Area. It has 19 locations across the area. Almost 5.8 million items were borrowed in 2018. The Dayton Metro Library ranks in the top ten best libraries in the United States serving a population of over 250,000 by HAPLR. The Dayton Metro Library system is considered a county system with branches in cities and towns throughout Montgomery County, Ohio, but does not have branches in Centerville, Germantown, Oakwood, Riverside or Washington Township. All are serviced by libraries of their own, save Riverside, various parts of which are geographically close to Dayton Metro Library locations, including Burkhardt, Electra C. Doren and Huber Heights. ()

Established: 1888 (136 years ago)Coordinates: 39°45'38"N, 84°11'16"W

Address

215 E 3rd StDowntown DaytonDayton 45402 United States

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(937) 463-2665

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Dayton Metro Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: PNC Second Street Market, Dayton Arcade, Benjamin F. Kuhns Building, First Lutheran Church.

0.4 miE
Shopping, Market
PNC Second Street Market, Dayton
11 min walk • The PNC Second Street Market is a public market in Dayton, Ohio. The market is located at the corner of Webster Street and East 2nd Street. It is Dayton's largest and oldest operating public market. In 2012, Country Living Magazine mentioned the market in its piece called “50 Things To Do This Summer in 50 States”.
~1540 ftSW
Shopping centre, Shopping
Dayton Arcade, Dayton
8 min walk • The Dayton Arcade is a collection of nine buildings in Dayton, Ohio. The Arcade is a historic, architecturally elegant complex in the heart of Dayton's central business district. Built between 1902 and 1904, it was conceived by Eugene J.
~1400 ftSW
Shopping, Department store, Romanesque revival architecture
Benjamin F. Kuhns Building, Dayton
7 min walk • The Benjamin F. Kuhns Building is a historic commercial building on Main Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Distinguished by its little-modified late nineteenth-century architecture, it has been named a historic site.
~1820 ftW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Lutheran Church, Dayton
9 min walk • First Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the 1900s for a large congregation, its architecture includes numerous elements seen in older grand churches, and it has been named a historic site.
0.6 miSW
Theater, Universities and schools, Concerts and shows
Sinclair Community College, Dayton
17 min walk • Sinclair Community College is a public community college in Dayton, Ohio.
~1110 ftNW
Memorial
Dayton Memorial Hall, Dayton
6 min walk • The Dayton Memorial Hall is a historic meeting venue on First Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Constructed shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, this Beaux-Arts structure is one of many memorial halls statewide from the same time period, and it has been named a historic site.
~1530 ftW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Schuster Performing Arts Center, Dayton
8 min walk • The Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in Dayton, Ohio and was built in 2003 to serve as Dayton's principal center of the lively arts. It is owned and operated by the Victoria Theatre Association and occupies the former site of Rike's department store.
~1340 ftNW
Theater, Concerts and shows, Concert hall
Victoria Theatre, Dayton
7 min walk • The Victoria Theatre is a historic 1,154-seat performing arts venue located in downtown Dayton, Ohio. The Victoria presents traveling broadway shows, concerts and other theatrical productions such as The Phantom of the Opera.
~800 ftNW
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton
4 min walk • The Contemporary Dayton formerly known as the Dayton Visual Arts Center, is a non-profit art gallery and artist resource that provides art for the community and a community for artists since 1991.
~1410 ftN
39°45'51"N • 84°11'22"W
RiverScape MetroPark, Dayton
7 min walk • Park, Music venue
~1620 ftS
Convention center
Dayton Convention Center, Dayton
8 min walk • The Dayton Convention Center is the primary public convention center in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Located in downtown Dayton at 22 E.

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Which popular attractions are close to Dayton Metro Library?

Nearby attractions include Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton (4 min walk), Dayton Memorial Hall, Dayton (6 min walk), Centre City Building, Dayton (6 min walk), Downtown Dayton, Dayton (6 min walk).