{"nrhp_refnum":"82001419","name":"Lotz, Henry, Stone","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1119 W. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45177322400008,"lon":-82.72015540699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story vernacular brick commercial and residential building at 1119 W. Washington Street in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built between 1850 and 1852 and used originally as a grocery and dwelling.","why_significant":"The inventory form argues the building is significant as one of the few commercial buildings of its period still intact in the community. It housed Lotz's grocery, a millinery, a drug store, and Sandusky's first chain grocery (Kroger's) in the early 1930s. Upper floors served as a music studio, rented rooms and shopkeepers' living quarters.","narrative":"Built between 1850 and 1852 at 1119 W. Washington Street in Sandusky, this three-story brick building began as a grocery with living quarters above. It has a limestone foundation, running bond brick walls, a hip and gable roof with shingles, and a rectangular plan. Windows have stone lintels and sills, typical of mid-19th-century brick buildings; one original six-over-six window remains, while the rest are two-over-two, likely installed during extensive repairs in 1888. The first-floor front was added in 1952. Over time the building housed a grocery run by Lotz, a millinery and a drug store, and in the early 1930s the first chain grocery in Sandusky, operated by Kroger's. Upper floors held a music studio, rented rooms and homes for shopkeepers. It was recognized as one of the few commercial buildings of its era still intact in the community. It now serves as a tavern and apartments.","period_of_significance":"1850-1852","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition is listed as good; the building is currently used as a tavern and apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.428889-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001419.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001419/8c64ace96b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001419/8c64ace96b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Lotz_Store.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Lotz_Store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984992","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137778142"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/lotz-henry-stone-82001419/"}