Nomination for Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Railroad Depot

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Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVEUN 17 1975 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED JUL 1 7 1975 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE X PRIVATE WORK IN PROGRESS - PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ENTERTAINMENT _IN PROCESS _YES: UNRESTRICTED SCIENTIFIC BEING CONSIDERED 4 OWNER OF PROPERTY Real Estate Manager, Penn Central Transportation Co. 507 Hibben Building-700 Walnut Street 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC.

REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 043 039 LOCATION BOTH CODE UNOCCUPIED DATE COUNTY Sandusky Erie EDUCATIONAL OWNERSHIP INDUSTRIAL Cincinnati AGRICULTURE TITLE STATE CLASSIFICATION ACCESSIBLE HISTORIC DISTRICT SITE COMMERCIAL CATEGORY MUSEUM MILITARY PARK NAME RELIGIOUS TRANSPORTATION OBJECT STRUCTURE Ohio Erie County Courthouse BUILDING(S) STATUS OTHER: DATA SHEET 323 Columbus Avenue Sandusky Penn Central Depot 13- Charles E. Mosher _GOVERNMENT LAKE SHORE G MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD DEPOT COURTHOUSE, _PUBLIC -FEDERAL STATE COUNTY LOCAL STREET & NUMBER North Depot Street at Carr Street DESCRIPTION XORIGINAL SITE GOOD _MOVED DATE DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The depot was built by A. Feick & Brothers, and the architects were Shepley, and the roof is of Maine Slate. The interior woodwork is oak, with the wall above the wainscoting plastered with "sand finish" popular at the time. Built at a cost of nearly $30,000, it was to be used by the Lake Erie & than the ends, so that in effect the roof has a hip-on-hip outline. Where the two sections meet at the eaves on the track side, the center roof forms south elevation. The walls are made of rusticated limestone ashlar construction. The interior of the main depot has two waiting rooms, toilet rooms and roof rises at two angles, first shallow and then steeper. The loggia UNEXPOSED style. DETERIORATED CHECK ONE XEXCELLENT XUNALTERED stone used in construction was Amherst buff stone with blue stone trimming, with a three-part window topped by an arch, suggesting the Palladian motif.

the telegraph office and ticket office. the depot and baggage shed seem to show some influence of the Richardsonian An unusual feature is the separate baggage shed of the same style and The long elevations are symmetrical. There is a gable dormer on each side Western aswell as the Lake Shore& Michigan Southern. -FAIR -RUINS height of the walls. It has a flaring cantilevered overhang, supported near long profile is dominated by a great hipped roof which is taller than the conical projections.These reflect the projecting cylindrical bays on the construction, a square structure located east of the main depot and It isa small railroad passenger depot of stone construction.Its low, Rutan G Coolidge of Boston.The contract was signed on July12,1891.The AREAS OF

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SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW ARCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CONSERVATION *ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN MUSIC X 1900- POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES A. Feick & Bros. Builder

Statement of significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE two months later these were consolidated with the Michigan Southern & Northern is simpler, and the passenger and baggage facilities are under one roof. ART COMMERCE EDUCATION LAW ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC PREHISTORIC PERIOD _COMMUNICATIONS BUILDER/ARCHITECT AGRICULTURE SCULPTURE _ECONOMICS Central Company. INDUSTRY TRANSPORTATION loggia to the waiting rooms. _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _MILITARY INVENTION _ENGINEERING _PHILOSOPHY This building is another representative of a rapidly vanishing type on the This depot replaced the earlier one built in 1872.It closely resembles the -1700-1799 -1600-1699 Shore G Michigan Southern depot in Sandusky was completed in 1872.In 1873 that the Conneaut depot was built of both stone and brick, its general profile _RELIGION Shepley, Rutan G Coolidge, architec American scene, the small railroad passenger depot.

This example is -1400-1499 G Michigan Southern was combined with several other lines to form the New York 8 SIGNIFICANCE -1800-1899 Sandusky was located on the Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, which merged - LITERATURE -1500-1599 _THEATER _SCIENCE one built by the same railroad in Conneaut, Ohio. The chief differences are especially interesting because of the separate baggage building linked by a Commodore Vanderbilt was president of the railroad.I In 1914 the Lake Shore 9

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES (Buffalo & Chicago, 1900).

Sandusky Daily Register, December 19, 1892 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY - less than one VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Eric Johannesen, Preservationist STREET & NUMBER CITY OR TOWN 2 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service I SIGNATURE DATE June 6, 1975 1 HEREBY CEATIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER JUL 1 4 1975 KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER COUNTY NORTHING CODE ORGANIZATION DATE TELEPHONE LOCAL STATE Ohio Western Reserve Historical Society UTM REFERENCES Cleveland January 1975 ZONE EASTING Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway System and Representative Employees.

State Historic Preservation Qfficer 19825 East Boulevard FOR NPS USE ONLY 451881880 Aldrich, Lewis Cass. History of Erie County, Ohio (Syracuse, 1889, PP. 268-270). ZONE ATTEST: Form No. 10-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR LOCA TION DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Baggage shed and depot, looking west.

PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER 043 039 IDENTIFICATION COUNTY Erie Sandusky DATE NATIONAL REGISTER CODE JUN171975 STATE Western Reserve Historical Society Ohio Eric Johannesen COMMON: PHOTO CREDIT: RECEIVED ENTRY NUMBER Lake Shore G Michigan Southern Railroad Depot PHOTO REFERENCE FOR NPS USE ONLY North Depot Street at Carr Street (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with photograph) PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NEGATIVE FILED AT: STREET AND NUMBER: DATE OF PHOTO: CITY OR TOWN: (7/72) NAME Saudushy Pern Central Depot Form No. 10-301a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 17-1975 LOCA TION NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. Depot, connecting loggia and baggage shed, 1ooking west.

039 Sandusky IDENTIFICATION 0431 Erie DATE COUNTY CODE RECEIVED REGISTER Ohio NATIONAL STATE ENTRY NUMBER Eric Johannesen PHOTO REFERENCE Western Reserve Historical Society FOR NPS USE ONLY Lake Shore G Michigan Southern Railroad Depot COMMON: Sandusky Penn Central Depot North Depot Street and Carr Street AND/OR HISTORIC: PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO CREDIT: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STREET AND NUMBER: (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER (7/72) NAME U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 876-167 Form No. 10-301a NEGATIVE FILED AT: DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.

039 043 DATE Erie Sandusky STATE Western Reserve Historical Society COUNTY RECEIVED NATIONAL CODE Ohio Eric Johannesen COMMON: PHOTO REFERENCE IDENTIFICATION PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM PHOTO CREDIT: ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES FOR NPS USE ONLY North Depot Street at Carr Street Sandusky Penn Central Depot PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lake Shore G Michigan Southern Railroad Depot STREET AND NUMBER: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND/OR HISTORIC: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Track side (south) elevation, looking east. LOCATION (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with photograph) CITY OR TOWN: DATE OF PHOTO: 0L171975 (7/72). JUN 17 1975 US. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 876.1 67 NAME Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY JUN 17 1975 STREET AND NUM BER: U. S. G. S.

Sandusky Quadrangle TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. * U.S.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1973-729-148/1441 3-1 043 039 1969 Erie Ohio COUNTY DATE STATE CODE COMMON: MAP REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS SOURCE: 1:24,000 North Depot Street at Carr Street SCALE: PROPERTY MAP FORM REGISTER ENTRY NUMBER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) CITY OR TOWN: AND/OR HISTORIC: Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Depot NAME LOCATION Sandusky Penn Central Depot Sandugky 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC SANDUSKY, OHIO & Michigan Southern UNITED STATES SANDUSKY QUADRANGLE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 17 356 420 4588 880 STATE OF OHIO Lake Shore JUN 17 1975 ( State Rout Railroad Depot RECEIVED Penn Central Depot DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Ma pped, edited, and published by the Geological Survey 82° 43 07* 41° 26" DE. Thomas H. Smith Hon. Charles A. Mosher Mr. Robert F.

Crecco, DOT INT: 2950-75 Location 7/18/75 STATE Name MMott/row Sandusky Also Notified ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER The Ohio Historical Society Erie County Regional Director, Midwest Region Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Depot State Historic Preservation officer Interstate 7l at i7th Avenue JUL 1 7 1975 Hon. Robert Taft, Jx. Hon. John i, Glenn, Jz. Date Entered OHIO 4 county code: V7-17-75 1 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Depot State N. Depot St. at Carr St. (12)SOURCE Of NOMINATION - FEDERAL Odeteriorated 17)Leatures: Dunexposed - Unknown Ounexeavated EO NOT APPLICABLE-7 IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?

Dyese - AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : -RECREATION -28 OCLAIMS: explain CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 C LAW - 16 -RELIGION-22 C SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY-historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 - LITERATURE- 17 - SCIENCE - 23 'oldest' O -AGRICULTURE -3 C CONSERVATION - 8 C HEALTH - 27 C MILITARY - 18 ARCHITECTURE - ECONOMICS- 9 C INDUSTRY- 13 - MUSIC - 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL 'only' D DART-5 - EDUCATION-10 C INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 2 functions 2dates of initial construction: major alterations : @master builder5 A. Feick ttros.

EVENTS : IIF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER& PUT ON REVERSED 043 Midwest CONDITION ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINMENT-26 PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 Erie INSTITUTIONAL: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION COMMERCE-6 WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: CURRENTLY: LOCAL Sandusky Penn Central Depot NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET No Access historic events: vicinity of landscape architect/garden designer: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT ADMINISTRATOR: URBAN PLANNING-31 NOT-INTACT-O Cexcellent NAME as it appears on federal register: if state who prepared form? Dfair Canaltered SAVED? YES Ceriginal site Omoved GNPS REGION: Ogood ©OTHER NAMES 3) date of entry (11) CONGRESS. DISTRICT L LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT.* 21 'first'O -EXPLORATION -12 RutAN, + @engineer: M interior decorator: ETHNIC GROUP Sandusky TRANSPORTATION-25 SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN-24 OTHER(SPECIFY) NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP 19ADAPTIVE USE YES YOUNKNOWN-6