Among the many buildings in the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio is Sugar Camp Cabin 22. This cabin was originally one of 60 constructed as living quarters for cash register salesmen in the National Cash Register Company’s Sugar Camp training facility. The cabins served as living quarters for cash register salesmen while they were in Dayton attending training sessions.
During World War II, the cabins housed 600 U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) as they worked on a classified codebreaking project at the National Cash Register Company. According to the display:
“These women were hand-picked by the Navy to fill essential jobs in the manufacture and orientation of critical code-breaking machines, especially the American ‘Bombe’ which significantly hastened the end of the war.”
The current display features the WAVES. The cabin was originally built in 1934.
More Carillon Historical Park
Carillon Historical Park: A Shaker building (photo diary)
Carillon Historical Park: Dayton Cyclery (photo diary)
Carillon Historical Park: Newcom Tavern (photo diary)
Museums 101: A collection of beer steins (photo diary)
Carillon Historical Park: Model railroad (photo diary)
Carillon Historical Park: Horse Barn (photo diary)
Carillon Historical Park: Bootleggers, Bandits, and Badges (photo diary)
Wright Museum: Wright Cycle Company (photo diary)