{"nrhp_refnum":"80003248","name":"South Sandusky Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S. Sandusky Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upper Sandusky","county":"Wyandot County","state":"OH","lat":40.82151184800006,"lon":-83.2811961704972,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-block residential historic district along South Sandusky Avenue in the southern part of Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, covering about 20 acres of mostly brick and wood frame houses built from the 1850s to about 1930.","why_significant":"The district holds the best examples of mid- and late-nineteenth-century architecture in Upper Sandusky, especially Italianate, along with Italian Villa, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Georgian Revival houses. It is the only area in the city with an important concentration of residential architecture. The houses were also built for the city's leading nineteenth-century businessmen, including bankers, merchants and a mayor.","narrative":"South Sandusky Avenue in Upper Sandusky is lined with substantial nineteenth-century houses on wide, tree-shaded lots. The district covers about 20 acres along a one-block stretch and mixes brick and wood frame buildings built between the 1850s and about 1930. Italianate houses predominate, including the 1867 house at 486, called the best Italianate example in the city. The house at 449, built about 1854, is described as the only Italian Villa in Upper Sandusky. Others include a Second Empire house of 1875, a Queen Anne house with towers from about 1890, and a Georgian Revival house from about 1930. The district matters both for this concentration of architecture and for its residents. Many homes were built for bankers, merchants, a hardware dealer, a drug store operator and a mayor, and the grand houses reflect the wealth those men accumulated. Housing outside the boundaries is smaller in scale or newer and less important.","period_of_significance":"1850s-1930s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Italian Villa, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and largely unaltered. Most buildings are occupied, as private residences and commercial use. A funeral home at 476 South Sandusky is the one badly altered building, and a ranch-style house is the only intrusion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.0692-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003248.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992066","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wyandot-county/south-sandusky-avenue-historic-district-80003248/"}