Meet the building where Dayton's rich kept their valuables

In July, the Bimm Fireproof Warehouse on East First Street, which opened for business Nov. 5, 1914, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Here are three things to know about this Dayton landmark.

1. It advertised as the safest place to keep valuables. An ad in the Dayton Journal boasted the building was "absolutely fire-proof" and had electric light, a "steam heated even temperature piano room" and a "burglar-proof" vault.

2. There were different rooms fordifferent types of material. Pianos, paintings, statuary and expensive mirrors were housed in the art rooms. The rug and fur rooms were "moth proof" and held vacuum cleaning equipment for the carpets and upholstered furniture.

3. Some took their storage seriously. Virginia Kettering rented an entire floor of the building so her furniture would not be stacked.

>>> PHOTOS: Scenes from the Bimm Fireproof Warehouse

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