Historic Walking Tours Archives - Page 5 of 10 - Erie County Historical Society

Jay Cooke’s Birthplace Marker

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Lasalle’s

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NW Corner Columbus Ave and W. Washington Row

In February of 1948, Toledo-based Lasalle and Koch Company, announced plans to build a department store on this corner, with demolition of part of the Sloane House beginning in September of that year. Continue Reading >

Lasalle’sLeslie2023-07-29T08:13:03-04:00

Laurence Cable Building

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121 West Water Street

Built in 1868, originally housed Lawrence Cable’s shoe store in one half of the building while the other half was occupied by a succession of grocery, hardware and other businesses over the years. Continue Reading >

Laurence Cable BuildingLeslie2023-07-28T15:24:29-04:00

Lea Block

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174 - 186 East Market Street

The southwest corner of Wayne and Market Streets is known as the Lea Block. Continue Reading >

Lea BlockLeslie2023-07-28T10:37:26-04:00