Leslie, Author at Erie County Historical Society

J. C. Penney & Montgomery Ward

Leslie2023-07-27T14:40:30-04:00

To the south of Gray Drug, the two-story Colmar Building was constructed in the late 1920s for retail tenants.

On March 27-28, 1929, the J.C. Penney Company opened its first Sandusky store in part of this building, with an estimated 5,000 people attending the opening. Continue Reading >

J. C. Penney & Montgomery WardLeslie2023-07-27T14:40:30-04:00

J. O. Moss House

Leslie2023-07-27T15:14:37-04:00

414 Wayne Street

The building at 414 Wayne Street was originally built as the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay O. Moss in 1872. Continue Reading >

J. O. Moss HouseLeslie2023-07-27T15:14:37-04:00

Jackson Street Pier with views of the Coal Docks

Leslie2023-07-27T15:20:48-04:00

Jackson Street Pier

From the seawall on Jackson Street Pier the coal docks are clearly visible to the left (NW) of the pier. Sandusky has one of the finest and best protected harbors on the Great Lakes. Continue Reading >

Jackson Street Pier with views of the Coal DocksLeslie2023-07-27T15:20:48-04:00

Jay Cooke’s Birthplace Marker

Leslie2023-07-26T16:03:40-04:00

Northeast corner of Columbus Avenue and East Market Street

A marker on the north side of the Cooke Building which faces East Market Street marks the location where Jay Cooke, Civil War financier and developer of the Northern Pacific Railroad was born on August 10, 1821. Continue Reading >

Jay Cooke’s Birthplace MarkerLeslie2023-07-26T16:03:40-04:00

John and Samuel Irvine House

Leslie2023-07-26T15:56:01-04:00

320-322 Lawrence Street

Two brothers, the Irvines, lived in the double house at 320-322 Lawrence Street. John Irvine was a master builder. Sam R. Irvine was a grocer. Continue Reading >

John and Samuel Irvine HouseLeslie2023-07-26T15:56:01-04:00

Johnson’s Island Historical Marker

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Jackson Street Pier Entrance

Also at the entrance to the Jackson Street Pier is an historical marker providing information on Johnson’s Island and its Confederate Prison. Continue Reading >

Johnson’s Island Historical MarkerLeslie2023-07-30T07:34:26-04:00

Joseph M. Root House

Leslie2023-07-26T15:40:34-04:00

231 East Adams Street

Joseph Root was a radical abolitionist, an attorney, mayor of Sandusky, and later a state senator and U.S. Congressman. Continue Reading >

Joseph M. Root HouseLeslie2023-07-26T15:40:34-04:00

Jury of Erie County Women Marker

Leslie2023-07-28T13:08:14-04:00

323 Columbus Avenue

One of the first Common Pleas Court juries to be composed of women in the United States was impaneled in Erie County on August 26, 1920, the day Tennessee became the last state necessary to ratify the nineteenth amendment to the United States which provided equal suffrage for women. Continue Reading >

Jury of Erie County Women MarkerLeslie2023-07-28T13:08:14-04:00

Kewpee

Leslie2023-07-28T15:06:12-04:00

Northeast Corner of Wayne and East Market Streets

Fast food came to downtown Sandusky in 1941. Continue Reading >

KewpeeLeslie2023-07-28T15:06:12-04:00

Kingsbury Building and Commercial Banking and Trust Company

Leslie2023-07-29T08:37:21-04:00

NE Corner of Columbus Avenue and W. Washington Row

William T. West and Abel Kingsbury West were brothers and business partners who built the West House Hotel. Continue Reading >

Kingsbury Building and Commercial Banking and Trust CompanyLeslie2023-07-29T08:37:21-04:00