{"nrhp_refnum":"76001418","name":"Ohio Soldiers' And Sailors' Home","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Sandusky between U.S. 250 and S. Columbus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.42007059000005,"lon":-82.6832375456153,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-09-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A state-run veterans' home complex of about forty stone buildings at 250 South Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, formally opened on November 20, 1888.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the home's primary significance is architectural. Its original buildings are intact and in use, with some of the finest stonework in Sandusky and distinctive Richardsonian Romanesque characteristics. The home has also cared for honorably discharged Ohio veterans since its opening.","narrative":"Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home is a campus of roughly forty buildings in Sandusky, built of local Sandusky blue limestone with red sandstone trim. The foundation stone was quarried on site, where three ponds now sit. The grounds are organized into living, health and support areas: cottages, a mess hall and an administration building at the center, a hospital to the west, and workshops and utilities to the south. The complex feels like a college campus, with rolling lawns and massive stone buildings set far apart. The state legislature created the home in 1886 after Civil War veterans were found crowded into county infirmaries. Sandusky donated a 90-acre tract, and the home opened in November 1888. It has since served veterans of the Indian Wars through Vietnam. Its significance rests mainly on its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and fine stonework, with the original buildings intact and still in use.","period_of_significance":"1888","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Original buildings are intact and in use; the hospital complex and support facilities are in good condition, and several buildings are abandoned but could be renovated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.082642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001418.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001418/1970a1429e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001418/1970a1429e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Dick Loesch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Home.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dick Loesch</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Home.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988140","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137770991"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/ohio-soldiers-and-sailors-home-76001418/"}