August Moss was a prosperous banker and merchant who lived in this grandiose mansion built for him in 1842, residing near prominent Sanduskians such as Oran Follett, Lester Hubbard, and his brother J. O. Moss. Continue Reading >
August H. Moss HouseLeslie2023-07-22T13:58:19-04:00
A person looking in a south easterly direction from the northeast corner of Jackson and West Washington St. anytime during the latter half of the 19th century would have seen the old Beatty Church which stood just northwest of the courthouse. Continue Reading >
Andrew Biemiller built the Italianate style structure in 1866 to accommodate the German Turnverein Association, a German organization that promoted gymnastics and athletics, as well as the study of the German language. Continue Reading >
Southwest Corner of West Water Street and Jackson Street
The building which would in time become known as the Sandusky Theatre was built in 1877 by Andrew Biemiller. It was first known as the Biemiller Opera House. Continue Reading >
Biemiller Opera HouseLeslie2023-07-22T16:56:12-04:00
Washington Street, between Columbus Avenue and Jackson Street
The “Boy with the Boot” statue cast by J. W. Fiske Ironworks in New York City made its first appearance in Sandusky in 1895 at the foot of Wayne Street, just about two blocks northeast from here. Continue Reading >
Christopher Columbus Keech came to Sandusky from Batavia, New York in 1847. He was trained as a hatter and established a hat store on the south side of Water Street east of Columbus Avenue. Continue Reading >
Between the J.C. Penney store and the Lasalle’s store was the Graham-Ritter Building, which was constructed in 1878 but modernized in 1955 when its façade was covered with green porcelain panels. Continue Reading >
Caryl Crane & the Graham-Ritter Bldg.Leslie2024-06-03T14:46:30-04:00
Today when you look south from Fisher’s Hall at the Northwest West Corner of East Water and Wayne Streets you would be be hard pressed to imagine that you were facing Sandusky’s most historic plot of land. Continue Reading >
The Steamboat Hotel, Colt’s Exchange Hotel, Scott’s & Civista BankLeslie2024-09-01T07:54:41-04:00
