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History · Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Hidden Valley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The community and lake were built by land developer James Jacob Rupel, who was active in the Greater Dayton area and Indiana for over 50 years and the former owner of Centre City Building and the Carillon House in downtown Dayton. He was the developer of Hidden Valley Lake, several subdivisions near Rocky Fork State Park in Highland County, Ohio, the Valley Woods community in Greendale, Indiana, and the Country Squire Lakes community in North Vernon, Indiana.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Hidden Valley is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hidden Valley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Thomas Miller House in Whitewater, 1.7 miles away.

Hidden Valley and the nearest listed places

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Thomas Miller HouseGreendale Historic DistrictDowntown Lawrenceburg Historic DistrictWilliam Henry Harrison Tomb State MemorialJohn Moore HouseCincinnati and Whitewater Canal Tunnel

Closest to Hidden Valley

Thomas Miller HouseWhitewater · Greek Revival1.7miGreendale Historic DistrictGreendale · District4.2miDowntown Lawrenceburg Historic DistrictLawrenceburg · Federal5.1miWilliam Henry Harrison Tomb State MemorialNorth Bend · Structure5.1miJohn Moore HouseFrancisville · Building5.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Thomas Miller House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Hidden Valley?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Hidden Valley’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Greendale📜 Miller📜 Lawrenceburg📜 Lawrenceburg
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