{"nrhp_refnum":"82001383","name":"Cable, Laurence House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"910 W. Monroe St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.447623659000044,"lon":-82.71453884399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Eastlake-style limestone dwelling at 910 W. Monroe St., Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1878 for Laurence Cable.","why_significant":"The house is significant as the home of Laurence Cable, a German immigrant who became one of Sandusky's leading citizens. He settled in Sandusky in 1844, worked as a carpenter and railroad car builder, ran a shoe store, helped found the Third National Bank and served as its president for over thirty years. He also gave the money to buy the house that began Providence Hospital.","narrative":"This two-and-a-half-story house at 910 W. Monroe Street in Sandusky was built in 1878 in the Eastlake style. Its walls and foundation are rock-faced limestone, and a hipped shingle roof with gables covers the irregular plan. Wooden trim and corner brackets decorate the gables and eaves, the windows have stone lintels and sills, and a heavily ornamented bay window faces east. Double front doors carry iron grillwork, and the front porch, with turned wooden posts and spindles, rests on a single slab of native limestone measuring six by twelve feet. A side porch was enclosed in the 1950s. The house was home to Laurence Cable, a German who settled in Sandusky in 1844. He worked as a carpenter, built railroad cars, owned a shoe store, helped found the Third National Bank and presided over it for more than thirty years. He also funded the purchase of the house that started Providence Hospital. It remains a private dwelling in a well-kept neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1878","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a dwelling; interior in very good condition and exterior in excellent condition. A side porch was enclosed in the 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.064072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001383.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001383/63d044b5f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001383/63d044b5f3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laurence_Cable_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laurence_Cable_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984978","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137771532"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/cable-laurence-house-82001383/"}