A brief history of Eintracht ...continued

In 1985, a fire destroyed the original caretaker's cottage and an elevated wooden Biergarten dance floor and caused smoke damage throughout the entire building. It took extensive rebuilding and renovations to return Eintracht to its original state.

Following the fire, improvements continued at Eintracht with the construction of a concrete Biergarten dance floor, covered outside bar, two garages, one for Eintracht storage and the other at the rear of the building for the storage of Deutschland's A World A'Fair sets. A new fire escape was also built by Horst Hubel, a member, who also did the street-side sign and most of the decorative artwork on the rest of the building. Almost all of the repairs and reconstruction needs were met by club officers and volunteers workgroups. The flags in the Eintracht ballroom were hand made by the ladies of Eintracht.

True to the legacy passed down by the founders, Eintracht remains committed to the preservation of our culture and heritage through singing, festivals, dances and German food. Eintracht is a member of the Nordamerikanisher Sängerbund participating in National and District Sängerfests as well as concerts both locally and in other tri-state cities. As in the past, Eintracht depends on volunteers for functions that sustain the club's overhead such as dances, dinners, fish fry's, festivals and activities outside the club to promote German culture and music to the general public, often in association with our sister clubs and other ethnic clubs of Dayton.

Translated from official German ledgers dating from 1907 by Hal Nolf, Eintracht, Historian 2003

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