{"nrhp_refnum":"82001432","name":"Red Popcorn Wagon","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"102 W. Washington Row","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.455059935000065,"lon":-82.71114288399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small painted-metal refreshment wagon on four wheels, built about 1875 and located in Washington Park at W. Washington Row and Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio. It was made by Cretor and still sells popcorn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the wagon is significant as one of the real symbols of Sandusky. It traveled the city's streets for its first fifteen years or so. It then stood outside the old post office and customs office from about 1890 to 1924, and moved with the post office to the park.","narrative":"A small red popcorn wagon, dating to about 1875 and made by Cretor, sits in Washington Park at the corner of West Washington Row and Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio. It is built of painted metal, with cut metal decorating the roof curb and glass enclosing the upper portion, where old panel signs advertise buttered popcorn. Four yellow wooden wheels, two small in front and two larger in back, are mounted on the original axles. The rear door and the scrolled sign reading The Red Wagon were added later, and the wagon now rests on a new concrete slab. For its first fifteen years or so it traveled the city's streets. From about 1890 to 1924 it stood in front of the old post office and customs office at Columbus Avenue and Market Street, and it moved to the park when the post office did. It is still used for refreshments, and local sources describe it as one of the real symbols of Sandusky.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Cretor (listed as contractor or builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition; in use as a refreshment wagon, resting on a new concrete slab on city land in Washington Park.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.405242-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001432.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001432/34f180a15d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001432/34f180a15d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Popcorn_Wagon.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Popcorn_Wagon.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985028","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137779007"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/red-popcorn-wagon-82001432/"}