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.

The Memorial Hall is a brick building with a concrete foundation, a ceramic tile roof, and elements of stone and terracotta.

Small towers are placed atop the sides, between the central auditorium and the surrounding land.

[2] Designed by William Earl Russ, erected in 1907,[1] and dedicated in 1910,[4] Dayton's was typical of the numerous memorial buildings built soon after the law's passage, both architecturally and functionally.

Similar recognition has been awarded to other memorial halls in the Ohio cities of Cincinnati, Greenville, and Lima, all of which are Neoclassical structures completed soon after the 1902 legislation.