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Photograph of Lucas County Courthouse and Jail
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Lucas County Courthouse and Jail

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.

From the record

“The Lucas County Courthouse is an architecturally-significant courthouse in downtown Toledo, Ohio, located at 700 Adams Street. Stine, and the contractors were Dun, Perley & Co.”

Wikipedia article Lucas County Courthouse and Jail, CC BY-SA 4.0.

one of 65 National Register listings in Lucas County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · one of 2 National Historic Landmarks in Lucas County.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Courthouse Sq. and 810--814 Jackson, Toledo, 43604
  • When was it listed? 1973-05-11
  • Category. building
  • Township. Toledo city
  • Architect. David L. Stine
  • National Register reference number. 73002295 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

323,162 words

The chapter on Toledo City in Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo, published 1910 names Toledo. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

In 1850 he entered into a professional partnership with H. B. Curtis, of Mt. Vernon, which continued for nineteen years, when Mr. Scribner removed to Toledo and became associated with the late Frank H. Hurd. Prior to this Mr. Scribner had been elected a member of the Ohio Senate from the district comprising Holmes, Wayne, Knox and Morrow counties, and while there he was chair¬ man of the Judiciary Committee. In the Senate he introduced the Criminal Code prepared by Frank H. Hurd, his predecessor in the Senate, and himself prepared the Municipal Code of the State.

Passage source: Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo, published 1910.

Judge Scribner was married Oct. 20, 1847, to Miss Mary E. Morehouse, of Homer, Ohio, and was the father of four daughters and four sons, the eldest of whom became his business partner, in 1871, and is still a well known member of the Toledo bar.

Passage source: Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo, published 1910.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Toledo City - 323,162 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Specimens collected near this property

12 of 2,182 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,182 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lucas County Courthouse and Jail between 1863 and 1975: 1,963 Animalia, 159 Fungi, 46 Plantae, 6 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Aborn, R., Austing, G R, B H AND L W CAMPBELL and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Erysiphe polygoni DC.Erysiphe polygoni DC.1900F.D. KelseyToledo
Specimen of Lupinus perennis L.Lupinus perennis L.1900Kelsey, F.D.America borealis: Toledo, Ohio in foliis Lupini perennis
A photograph of the species Lepachys pinnata, not of this specimenLepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & A.Gray1863Day, D.F.Toledo
A photograph of the species Nelumbium luteum, not of this specimenNelumbium luteum Willd.1866Day, D.F.Toledo
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Asio flammeus, not of this specimenAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)1885Collector(s): J. A. SingleyToledo
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081885Cooper, W.C.Lambertville
A photograph of the species Euphorbia commutata, not of this specimenEuphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray1889J. Y. PennypackerToledo
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471893not recordedToledo, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Apalone spinifera, not of this specimenApalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)1893not recordedMaumee River Basin
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893U.S. Fish CommissionTOLEDO, OHIO
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedMaumee River Basin

All 2,182 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this property

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lucas County Courthouse and Jail: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Toledo Refinery GulfSulfurPlant
Lula Quarry LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
White Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
White Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferro Corp Ottawa Chemical DivIronProducer
Interlake Inc/ Toledo, OhioIronProducer
Toledo Pickling & Steel Service IncIronProducer

Every working recorded in Lucas County

Storms near this property

60 of 151 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toledo, the town this property stands in, in 151 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 78 thunderstorm wind, 56 hail, 10 flash flood, 4 storm surge/tide. The reports record 2 deaths. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1999Thunderstorm WindToledo1 killed, $100,000Thunderstorm winds estimated at 50 to 55 mph toppled a crane hoisting a 5,000 pound bucket of concrete onto the roof a building in downtown Toledo. A 50 year old male worker on the roof was crushed by the falling bucket of concrete.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindToledo1 killed, $3,000Large limbs were downed. A 28-year-old man was killed after he unknowningly touched a vehicle which was in contact with a live electric line which had been downed after tree limbs were blown down across the wires. M28VE
July 2019FloodToledo$15,000,000Several local and state parks adjacent to the lake have sustained millions of dollars in flood damage and erosion. Put-in-Bay Township had several roads wash out due to high water, with recurring standing water issues at Middle Bass Island's Burgundy Bay subdivision. The Lake Erie water levels flooded agricultural fields and resulted in no crops on some fields in Sandusky County. Several seasonal and year round properties need to be elevated due to repeated flooding this year.
June 2007Flash FloodToledo$1,000,000Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rainfall on portions of Lucas County during the afternoon hours of June 3rd. Rainfall rates at times exceeded two inches per hour. A total of 4.04 inches was measured near downtown Toledo. Widespread urban and lowland flooding was reported in Toledo and West Toledo. Flooding was reported on dozens of streets and highways including Interstate 475. Many roads had to be closed because of flood waters two to three deep. Many vehicles became stranded in the flood waters and several people had to rescued. Hundreds of homes sustained damage, mainly from basement flooding.
June 2007Flash FloodWest Toledo$500,000Thunderstorms redeveloped over Lucas County and dumped more heavy rain on the area. Rainfall rates again exceeded two inches per hour. A daily total of 4.04 inches was measured near downtown Toledo. Flooding resumed across portions of West Toledo, Sylvania and Toledo. Several roads had to be closed because of the flooding. More vehicles became stranded and at least two more people had to be rescued. Hundreds of homes sustained damage, mainly from basement flooding.
September 1993HailToledo$500,000Large hail shattered windows at The University of Toledo and other locations. Crops were damaged and destroyed. Trees were downed in Toledo.
July 2006Flash FloodWest Toledo$350,000An area of heavy rainfall developed over Lucas County during the morning hours of July 12th. In the western portion of Toledo, flood waters deep enough to cover the hoods of cars were reported. Rainfall estimates indicated that between two and four inches of rain fell across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. There was also a report of Shantee Creek flooding near Crawford Avenue.
July 2013HailToledo$250,000Golf ball sized hail was observed. Some vehicles were damaged.
August 2011HailToledo$250,000Hail as large as hen eggs fell on the Shoreland area for several minutes. Many vehicles were damaged by the hail.
July 2006Flash FloodToledo$250,000Up to two inches of rain fell on the Toledo area as thunderstorms moved across Lucas County. A spotter in Toledo measured 1.1 inches during a 25 minute period ending around 4 p.m. Many streets in the city were flooded and had to be closed. Many homes sustained damage from basement flooding.
July 2012HailToledo$200,000Golf ball to hen egg sized hail was reported. Some vehicles were damaged by the hail.
April 1998Storm Surge/TideToledo$200,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindToledo$100,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees across the county. From Maumee to the Greater Toledo area, numerous reports of large downed trees came in during this thunderstorm.
March 1998Storm Surge/TideToledo$100,000no account filed
February 1998Storm Surge/TideToledo$100,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindToledo$75,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts tracked from South Toledo through the east side of Toledo and continued northeast to Oregon. Along this path, trained spotters reported numerous trees, large limbs, and at least a dozen power poles were down. Also, a billboard was blown down and caused damage to a car in South Toledo.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindToledo$75,000Thunderstorm winds downed many large trees in Toledo. Several homes and cars were damaged by trees.
February 1998Storm Surge/TideToledo$75,000no account filed
June 2024Flash FloodToledo$50,000Widespread flooded roadways across East Toledo and Oregon, including Front Street near Steel Street, where several feet of water on the road left vehicles stranded in floodwaters. Radar estimated 2.5 inches in one hour, and upwards of 3-3.5 inches in a 2 to 3 hour period. A CoCoRaHS rain gauge measurement in East Toledo reported a storm total rainfall amount of 3.30 inches, which matches radar estimates from the area.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWest Toledo$50,000As severe thunderstorms moved through the area, trees, large limbs and power lines were reported down from West Toledo to Point Place. Trained spotters estimated wind gusts to be between 55 and 60 mph.
February 1997Flash FloodSouth Toledo$50,000no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindToledo$30,000Thunderstorm winds toppled two utility poles near the University of Toledo.
May 2011HailToledo$30,000Thunderstorms produced quarter to ping pong ball size hail.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindToledo$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs throughout Toledo. At least one home was damaged by a fallen tree.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindToledo$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in Toledo. One of the trees landed on a moving car. The occupants of the car were unharmed. A house was also slightly damaged by a fallen tree.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindToledo$25,000Thunderstorm winds toppled several utility poles.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindToledo$25,000A few trees and utility poles were reported down from severe thunderstorm winds.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindToledo$25,000A few large limbs and utility poles were downed as the northern edge of a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the area.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindToledo$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWest Toledo$25,000Many large trees and limbs down. Utility wire down near the intersection of South and Reynolds Roads.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindToledo$25,000Power poles were downed in Toledo and trees were downed in Holland.
December 1998Thunderstorm WindToledo$25,000Two tractor trailers were blown over on U.S. Route 23 at U.S. Route 20.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindToledo$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and over two dozen large limbs on the west side of Toledo.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs in the city of Toledo. At least one home was struck by a falling tree.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in Toledo. A home was damaged by the tree.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed several small trees along Collingwood Boulevard and Cherry Street.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Thunderstorm winds caused a tree to fall on a car.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed six trees west of Toledo.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed three trees, many large limbs and a large advertisement sign on the south side of Toledo. One of the trees landed on a car.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindToledo$15,000Trees, limbs and power lines were downed.. A 63 mile per hour wind gust was recorded at Toledo Express Airport.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed an 18-inch diameter tree onto a vehicle. The vehicle sustained significant damage.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed an eight inch diameter tree onto a house.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a building.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Several trees were reported down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWest Toledo$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindToledo$10,000Numerous trees and large limbs were downed.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindToledo$8,000Small strip of shingles removed from roof at residence in Toledo.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindToledo$8,000A few trees and power lines were reported down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindToledo$6,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000The Emergency Manager reported 20 or more tree limbs down in Toledo. In addition a large 3-4 foot diameter trees was brought down but was rotten.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large tree limbs in the area.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds at approximately 60 mph. Numerous large limbs were reported down.
April 2003HailToledo$5,000Dime size hail was observed. The hail completely covered the ground.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000Near Maumee Bay, winds estimated at 60 miles per hour downed power lines, blew a temporary sign off a bridge, and left a few branches lying in roads.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindToledo$5,000Trees were downed, some on power lines, in several locations.

Every storm recorded in Lucas County

Newspapers printed here

0 digitised pages

8 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues, 0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.

NewspaperPublished
Ameryka Echo1902 to 1971
Toledo Union Journal1942 to Current
Ameryka W Toledo I Kuryer Clevelandski1892 to 1892
Ameryka W Toledo1891 to 1892
Ameryka1893 to 1902
Ameryka1889 to 1891
Toledo1931 to 1971
Toledo Hungarian-American Weekly1930 to 1931

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

From the nomination file

2,574 words on record

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

Description of the property

The courthouse is a large, steel-framed building with an exterior of were Dun, Perley & Co. Stine also designed the Libbey Glass Company In the basement, 2nd and 3rd stories of each wing. The Ist story The interior is simpler and generally less impressive, providing functional and mosaic floors, later refinished with terrazzo. \The administrative wing of the jail is rectangular, three-storied high The jail wing, also three stories high, has a second story treatment of The stone for both buildings was furnished by Albert Neukom, prominent APR 2 5 1973 CONDITION NATIONAL REGISTER Ruins first two stories.

of the basement and first story is rusticated.Rectangular windows are has three Roman arches with a colonnade of double corinthian columns RECEIVED Fair windows are arched with stone voussoirs. working space.The corridors were finely finished with Italian marble flat balustrade.The third story of this bay has three windows recessed continues from the administration wing.Above the cornice isa balustrade and 3-bays wide.The center bay is recessed and has a one-story entrance building is divided into an administrative wing and a jail wing The courthouse consists of a large central block with two dependent a gabled dormer over the central bay.The stone is rusticated on the The Lucas County Courthouse and County Jail were both completed in 1896.

The Lucas County Jail sheriff's residence)was built from surplus (Check One) Berea sandstone. It was modeled after the courthouse at Buffalo, New York The architect for the building was David L. Stine and the contractors above which there is a pediment. The building is topped by a low Roman designed by David Lu Stine and built by Dun, Perley & Co. The L-shaped small arched windows with stone voussoirs. The bracketed cornice hip roof has a bracketed cornice.

Read the complete 2,574-word case file.

Statement of significance

moved to Maumee from 1840-1852. In 1852 the seat was moved back to Toledo with the provision that a proper courthouse and jail be built. into a courthouse built on the corner of Erie and Adams Streets. This building was torn down in 1897 after the present building, which adjoined it, was dedicated on January 1, 1897.

APR 25 1973 Conservation Commerce Architecture losophy Theater Science SIGNIFICANCE Transportation Landscape Communications Engineering Prehistoric NATIONAL Agriculture Aboriginal REGISTER Invention Music itarian Education courthouse squares throughout the United States.It is a vital focal Political surrounded by grass and radiating sidewalks, the site is typical of 1896 residence was erected on the present courthouse square between Adams Religion/Phi Social/Human- Other(Specify) Industry Sculpture The Lucas County Courthouse and County Jail are excellent examples of Although Toledo was the first county seat of Lucas County, the seat was Military When the county seat was moved back to Toledo in 1852,a brick jail was built on Adams Street and used until 1866 when a jail and sheriff's point in the urban center of Toledo.

For two years the county leased the Duell block and in late 1853 moyed AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) financed from surplus funds from the appropriation for the courthouse. Art RECEIVED late nineteenth century public architecture.On a six-acre plot,

The whole case file for this property - 2,574 words, 21 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 73002295, 21 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
United States Courthouse and Custom House0.2 miles2013
Lasalle, Koch and Company Department Store0.2 miles1995
Spitzer Building0.2 miles1983
Valentine Theater Building0.2 miles1987
Trinity Episcopal Church0.3 miles1983
The Broer-Freeman Building0.3 miles2020

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 73002295 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lucas CountyAll 65 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.