{"nrhp_refnum":"73001553","name":"Wyandot County Courthouse and Jail","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Courthouse Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upper Sandusky","county":"Wyandot County","state":"OH","lat":40.821432395000045,"lon":-83.28062113699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A county courthouse and adjacent sheriff's office and jail on Courthouse Square in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio. The courthouse was built 1899-1900, and the brick jail dates to about 1875.","why_significant":"The courthouse was designed by Yost and Packard, an architectural firm experienced in courthouse design, and is described as an excellent example of an extant nineteenth century courthouse in Ohio. It has served continuously as the seat of county business since 1900. The jail and sheriff's office is also called an important nineteenth century structure and has always been used for that purpose.","narrative":"Courthouse Square in Upper Sandusky holds the Wyandot County Courthouse and, beside it, the Sheriff's Office and Jail. The courthouse was built between 1899 and 1900 of smooth cut stone on a stone foundation. It rises three stories, measures about eighty feet square, and carries a central metal dome topped by a statue of Justice. Pedimented entrances on the north and west sides feature rusticated stone arches, and fluted columns with Corinthian capitals adorn the upper floors. It replaced a mid-nineteenth century courthouse on the same site. The architects, Yost and Packard, had designed many Ohio courthouses, and Christian Boseker and Son of Fort Wayne, Indiana, built it for $199,740. The brick jail, dating to about 1875, has a stone foundation, a slate hipped roof, a round corner tower and a four-story square tower. Both buildings are still used for county government and law enforcement, and the courthouse is cited as an excellent example of a nineteenth century Ohio courthouse.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Yost and Packard (architects); Christian Boseker and Son of Fort Wayne, Indiana (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Courthouse in good condition and in use as the seat of county business; jail described as in excellent condition and still used as sheriff's office and jail, with an addition being built on its east side.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.7236-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001553.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001553/57cfad1fa9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001553/57cfad1fa9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mike Sharp - User: (WT-shared) 2old at wts wikivoyage","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_-_Wyandot_County_Courthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Sharp - User: (WT-shared) 2old at wts wikivoyage</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_-_Wyandot_County_Courthouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"80003248","name":"South Sandusky Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/south-sandusky-avenue-historic-district-80003248/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992070","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyandot_County_Courthouse_and_Jail","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107534963"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wyandot-county/wyandot-county-courthouse-and-jail-73001553/"}