{"nrhp_refnum":"82001425","name":"Moss-Foster House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"621 Wayne St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45098223700006,"lon":-82.70672570099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Communications","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story frame house at 621 Wayne Street in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1865 for Lewis Moss and later altered in 1883 and 1917.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Lewis Moss, a coal and lumber partner, and to Frank E. Foster, who with his father-in-law Oran Follett ran the firm that published the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates. Later owners included I. F. Mack, publisher of the Sandusky Register. The reviewer marked Criterion B and accepted the listing for significance based on these associations, not for the architecture, since the present appearance comes from early twentieth-century alterations.","narrative":"This two-and-a-half-story frame house at 621 Wayne Street in Sandusky was built in 1865 by Lewis Moss, a partner in the coal and lumber business Lea & Moss. It sits on a limestone foundation, has weatherboard siding and a hip roof, and shows Colonial Revival features such as bracketed eaves, a wide cornice, original shutters and a portico with eight reeded, foliated pillars. The original house was simpler, and its current look results from changes made in 1883 and 1917. Moss sold the property in 1869 to Frank E. Foster and his wife Eliza, daughter of publisher Oran Follett. Foster worked with his father-in-law in Follett, Foster & Co., the firm that published the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858 and helped make Lincoln a national figure. Later owner I. F. Mack published the Sandusky Register. The house was listed for these associations with notable local figures, and it remains a dwelling behind an iron fence in a neighborhood of older homes.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Lewis Moss (builder not otherwise named)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Exterior condition listed as very good; in use as a dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.483416-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001425.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001425/a546c6ef2e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001425/a546c6ef2e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moss-Foster_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moss-Foster_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984996","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137778871"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/moss-foster-house-82001425/"}