{"nrhp_refnum":"82001401","name":"Godfrey-Johnson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"417 Columbus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.452915087000065,"lon":-82.71000896399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house at 417 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1854 as a dwelling and now used as apartments.","why_significant":"The house is a small, well-preserved example of Italianate design, with roof brackets, a square roofline, an original doorway with house number lights and a decorative wrought iron porch. It is also tied to Leonard Johnson, who rented it from 1870 and bought it in 1893, and who owned Johnson's Island, the Civil War prison camp for Confederate officers in Sandusky Bay.","narrative":"Built in 1854 at 417 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, this two-story brick house was designed in the Italianate style and originally served as a dwelling. It has the roof brackets and square roofline typical of the style, and its long front windows are somewhat unusual for Italianate houses. The doorway retains its sidelights and the original house number, 59, in colored lights above the door. A decorative wrought iron porch, possibly added later but still old, is one of only two left in Sandusky. John Godfrey, an early insurance agent, was the first owner, followed by two merchants and a railroad freight agent. Leonard Johnson rented the house from 1870 and purchased it in 1893. Johnson owned Johnson's Island, the Civil War prison camp for Confederate officers in Sandusky Bay. The block was once residential, with a church and a library on its corners, and the house is now used as apartments among other apartments and offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition is described as very good; the building is now used as apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.596949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001401.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001401/48f5cedcc5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001401/48f5cedcc5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godfrey-Johnson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Godfrey-Johnson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984874","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137771778"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/godfrey-johnson-house-82001401/"}