{"nrhp_refnum":"82001407","name":"Hinde & Dauch Paper Co.","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 W. Shoreline Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.457974128000046,"lon":-82.71505101599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick factory built in 1918 at 401 W. Shoreline Drive on the Sandusky Bay waterfront in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, designed in the Sullivanesque style.","why_significant":"It was the main manufacturing plant for corrugated shipping boxes made by Hinde & Dauch. The firm developed corrugated boxes after buying the Sandusky Paper Mill, and the method revolutionized the shipping industry. The company became one of the largest corrugated box makers in the U.S.","narrative":"Rising three stories beside Sandusky Bay, this brick factory at 401 W. Shoreline Drive was built in 1918 for the Hinde & Dauch Paper Company. Its Sullivanesque design includes a corbeled brick cornice, a terra cotta frieze with circular brick decorations, brick pilasters with terra cotta trim, a brick string course between the first and second floors, and a brick water table. The building has an L-shaped plan and a flat roof. In the 1950s many first-floor windows were replaced with glass block. J. J. Hinde and J. J. Dauch formed a partnership in 1882 to produce straw for paper making, then bought the Sandusky Paper Mill and developed corrugated shipping boxes. Railway Express took 18 years to fully accept the method, which transformed the shipping industry. The company grew into one of the largest corrugated box manufacturers in the country, and this plant was its main production site. Westvaco acquired it in 1953. It sits on a dock and is described as the most eye-catching building on the city's waterfront.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Sullivanesque","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed in good exterior condition and used as a factory; sold to Westvaco in 1953. Many first-floor windows were replaced with glass block 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 02:53:14.799642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001407.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001407/a1f32a0ba6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001407/a1f32a0ba6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hinde_and_Dauch_Paper,_Shoreline_Drive_facility.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hinde_and_Dauch_Paper,_Shoreline_Drive_facility.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985016","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinde_%26_Dauch_Paper_Company_(Shoreline_Drive,_Sandusky,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137777121"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/hinde-and-dauch-paper-co-82001407/"}