Leslie, Author at Erie County Historical Society

Reber Block

Leslie2023-07-28T08:00:47-04:00

133 - 143 East Water Street

From 1817 until 1852 the first wood frame building in Sandusky sat on this site. Continue Reading >

Reber BlockLeslie2023-07-28T08:00:47-04:00

Red Popcorn Wagon

Leslie2023-07-28T08:06:38-04:00

NW Corner Columbus Ave and W. Washington Row

When most people think of popcorn the image of a movie theater lobby comes to mind. Continue Reading >

Red Popcorn WagonLeslie2023-07-28T08:06:38-04:00

Rieger Hotel

Leslie2023-07-28T09:20:12-04:00

Southeast corner of Jackson and Market streets

The Rieger Hotel was opened by businessman John Rieger in 1912. A fifth floor was added in 1917 to increase the number of rooms in the hotel. Continue Reading >

Rieger HotelLeslie2023-07-28T09:20:12-04:00

The Ritter Cigar Factory and Store

Leslie2023-07-28T08:35:43-04:00

Northwest Corner of West Market Street and Columbus Avenue

In 1864 Henry Ritter established a cigar factory on the second floor of the northwest corner of Columbus Avenue and West Market Street above a bank where the Bertsch Jewelry Store is today. Continue Reading >

The Ritter Cigar Factory and StoreLeslie2023-07-28T08:35:43-04:00

Rush R. Sloane House

Leslie2024-04-01T10:31:19-04:00

403 East Adams Street

The leaders in Sandusky’s Underground Railroad movement were freeborn black Sanduskians. Continue Reading >

Rush R. Sloane HouseLeslie2024-04-01T10:31:19-04:00

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church and Knute Rockne Marker

Leslie2023-07-28T08:28:28-04:00

510 Columbus Avenue

In 1839, the Reverend Father P.J. Machebeuf began visiting Sandusky to minister to the spiritual needs of the city’s growing Catholic community. He founded Holy Angels church in 1840. Continue Reading >

Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church and Knute Rockne MarkerLeslie2023-07-28T08:28:28-04:00

Sandusky Library and Erie County Jail

Leslie2023-07-28T10:56:04-04:00

114 West Adams Street

Libraries and jails may make for strange bedfellows, but not in Sandusky, Ohio. Continue Reading >

Sandusky Library and Erie County JailLeslie2023-07-28T10:56:04-04:00

Sandusky Marker

Leslie2023-07-27T15:38:45-04:00

Washington Street, between Columbus Ave and Jackson Street

In 1816, Zalmon Wildman, a citizen of Connecticut, platted “Sandusky City” in Portland Township on the south shore of Sandusky Bay on the site formerly occupied by the Indian chief, Ogontz. Continue Reading >

Sandusky MarkerLeslie2023-07-27T15:38:45-04:00

Sandusky Plat Marker

Leslie2023-07-28T07:59:02-04:00

SW Corner of Wayne and Washington Streets

In 1817, James Kilbourne met Isaac Mills and Zalmon Wildman, the owners of the land where Sandusky now stands, and convinced them to pool their resources in order to establish a new city on the south shore of Sandusky Bay. Continue Reading >

Sandusky Plat MarkerLeslie2023-07-28T07:59:02-04:00

Sandusky Register / Star Journal Building

Leslie2024-09-01T08:06:01-04:00

314 West Market Street

Although the Sandusky Register building was built in the early 1920s, the Register traces its history back to the early 1820s. Continue Reading >

Sandusky Register / Star Journal BuildingLeslie2024-09-01T08:06:01-04:00