{"nrhp_refnum":"82001415","name":"Kuebeler-Stang Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"634 Hancock St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45137250800008,"lon":-82.70470065699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone commercial building at 634 Hancock Street in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, dated 1909 and built in a flatiron plan, also known as the Hancock-Elm Building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its limestone architecture and its link to two families whose breweries merged into the Kuebeler-Stang Brewing Co., one of the most successful German-descended local breweries. It is described as the only limestone flatiron building in Sandusky.","narrative":"Located at 634 Hancock Street in Sandusky, this two-story commercial block dates to 1909 and was built on a flatiron plan, the only limestone building of that shape in the city. Its walls are rock-faced ashlar over a stone foundation. Decorative features include a stone fascia with a rising sun motif, a corbeled stone cornice, stone string courses above each floor, an oriel window on the upper west wall, and pilasters separating the lower windows, topped by metal bands decorated with stars. Early directories call it both the Kuebeler Block and the Stang Block. It is tied to two families whose breweries combined as the Kuebeler-Stang Brewing Co., among the most successful German-descended breweries in the area, later the Cleveland-Sandusky Brewing Co. The building housed shops and a social hall and still holds shops and apartments. It sits in the first concentrated shopping area outside downtown, developed to serve the growing East End.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"E. Monroe Sr. (listed as contractor or builder)","architectural_style":"20th Century - Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition is listed as very good; used for shops and apartments. The form notes it was always shops and a social hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.775279-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001415.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001415/d84706bfe7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001415/d84706bfe7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuebeler-Stang_Block.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuebeler-Stang_Block.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984950","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137777943"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/kuebeler-stang-block-82001415/"}