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Decorative drawing: a row of tall apartment houses with bay windows. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Converse-Mertz Apartments

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 722 words across 6 pages, filed in 1982. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 82001388, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

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

Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2. County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories - Architecture 29. Basement? Yes O 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town lf Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use 35. Plan Shape square 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition IX Altered CX 9. Coordinates 24. Owner's Name & Address, in #42) Moved O 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 5 7 38 Exterior fair Preservation Site O Structure O Building X Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 14.

District Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and 42. Further Description of Important Features 1867 and ran a boarding house here until her death in 1909. John Mertz, a dealer in 44. Description of Environment and Outbuilding: Lot 24, Washington St. 66'x85'. Less Than one acre. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Wilt1ams Sandusky Directory 1900-9 (Cincinnati, 1907) 47. Organization Erie Co. tax records 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1848-1853 Sandusky Front Zone apartments Easting Underway? Northing Erie Lat. Register? Potent'? spots. limestone Side Private Eligible? Greek Revival boarding house Abrick Long. Ohio Historical Center (Explain Interior Ohio Historic Preservation Office OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Old House Guild 19th Century 1205 Cedar Point Rd. Janet Senne Public Road?

attributed to Sheldon Smith that the entrance was originally two stories high and recessed. Converse - Mertz Apartments 19l2,the building was extensively remodeled by George Feick. 301-303 E. Washington St. Washington St. 25. Open to This building is in a residential area, in a neighborhood that has deteriorated in Root, City Guild & Business Directory (Sandusky, 1855) Sandusky Directory 1069-70 (Sandusky, 1869) No DX painted brick Photo truncated hip-shing] 43.History and SignificanceThis building is significant because it is such an early large multi- Above the entry were balconies on the third and fourth floors.In A square louvered cupola sits on a truncated hip roof.There is plain stone lintels and sills on the windows and doors.A brick Exp. 10-31-84 Entered Nomination/Type of Review 72. McKenster-Groff House 73. Harper, Rice, House 1' 74. Boy with the Boot Fountain 75. U. S.

Post Office ^77. Cable, Frank, House 78. Wichman's Grocery 79. Lotz, Henry, Store ,80. Bing's Hotel Attest Date/Signature Keeper Name National Register State Inventory-Nomination Form Continuation sheet National Park Service Thematic Group OMB No.1024-0018 Item number Substantive Review Sandusky Multiple Resource Area (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Multiple Resource Area received Entered in the NPS Form 10-900-a For Nps use only 71. Converse-Mertz Apartments Converse - Mertz Apartments (Sandusky MRA) Fed. Reg. Date - RETURN _ REJECT_ Recom./ Criteria Date Due:. _ see continuation sheet . Nomination returned for: 1. Name Accessible 4. Owner of Property 7. Description - deteriorated -unaltered _ ruins - moved - unexposed resubmission Location completeness clarity Discipline Working No.

Reviewer substantive reasons discussed below summary paragraph Action: Substantive Revie 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Erie County 5. Location of Legal Description nomination by person or local government 3. Classification owner objection Federal Agency: ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Status nited States Department of the Interior ational Park Service Category Check one good Conditien - NR decision Publle Acquisition _ excellent - originai site Ownership appeal sample OHIO technical corrections cited below boundary selection Present Use Cneck one 8. Significance justification of exception 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data 11. Form Prepared By completeness Maps Signed checked Date context Photographs clarity summary paragraph applicable criteria Other the resource justification of areas relationship of integrity 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification Phone: 202 272-3504 relating significance to Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Peried Converse-Mertz Apartments # 78 Northeast Ohio South & West side looking N. Guss. 1981. OHG. Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000649 Please refer to the map in the for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet