PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion can still be seen

PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
PHOTOS: Vacant for a decade, the elegance of Dayton’s Traxler Mansion is still recognizable
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The Traxler Mansion, located in the Dayton View Historic District, was built around 1910 for Louis Traxler, a Dayton department store owner. The elegant 10,000 square-foot home was built in the French Chateauesque style, the same concept as the storied Biltmore House on the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC. The mansion has been vacant for a decade and Preservation Dayton Inc. would like to save it, and other properties like it, before they are lost forever. LISA POWELL / STAFF