The Nicholas Ohmer House is a house in Walnut Hills, Dayton, Ohio that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The home, also known as Floral Hill, has 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 1 half bath, and 7 decorative marble fireplaces.
Nicholas Ohmer (1823–1909) was born in the province of Lorraine, France and immigrated with his family to Dayton, Ohio in 1837. Nicholas had been trained as a confectioner and the family soon opened a restaurant and confectionary on Second Street near Main.
Successful in business, Ohmer also had a passion for growing fruits and flowers. He purchased a fruit farm and erected his home there in 1864. An ardent horticulturist, he marketed wholesale fruit and nursery stock, developing the Nick Ohmer Strawberry strain which is still used as a basic stock for developing modern varieties.
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