BlockFrom the record
One of 181 National Register listings published here for Erie County · listed in 1983 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Columbus Avenue Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
The listing
- Address. 102-162 Columbus Ave., Sandusky
- When was it listed? January 1983
- Category. district
- Also known as. Sandusky MRA
- National Register reference number. 83001961 - 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.
Mines and quarries near this property
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Columbus Avenue Historic District: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Febus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Huron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marblehead Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wagner Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Erie Materials Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Geawe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Soldiers Home Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Maps showing this location
6 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Sandusky Commercial Historic District | under 500 feet | 2017 | |
 | Stone's Block | under 500 feet | 1982 |
 | Schine State Theatre | under 500 feet | 1982 |
| Water Street Commercial Buildings | under 500 feet | 1975 | |
 | Feick Building | under 500 feet | 2009 |
 | Boeckling Building | under 500 feet | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 83001961 in Record Group 79. |
| Erie County | All 181 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.
- 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.