Historical Markers

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 >

114 West Adams Street

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

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 >

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 >

214 East Jefferson Street

In 1918 the Methodist church lost its location at the corner of Washington Street and Jackson Street to make way for the new Post Office. Continue Reading >