{"nrhp_refnum":"82001438","name":"St. Mary's Girls Grade School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"514 Decatur St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45090744400005,"lon":-82.72384388199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2.5-story cut limestone school building at 514 Decatur Street in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1887 for St. Mary's Parish and later used as a convent.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its role in the history of Sandusky's German-speaking Catholics. It was built as a school for first and second generation German-speaking Catholic girls of St. Mary's, which remained a German national parish until the 1970s.","narrative":"Built in 1887 at 514 Decatur Street in Sandusky, this 2.5-story school was constructed of rock-faced cut limestone with a gable roof and a central shingled tower. The tower projects forward and divides the symmetrical facade, holding an arched doorway with side lights and a transom. Stone lintels are more decorative on the front, linked by darker stone bands that run to the corners, and a stone water table runs along the front. The school originally held four classrooms for first and second generation German-speaking Catholic girls of St. Mary's Parish, which was a German national parish until the 1970s. In 1909 a larger grade school was built nearby, and the building became a convent. A stone addition was made to the south in the 1950s, and a connection to the rear school followed in the 1960s. Its significance lies in its part in the history of Sandusky's German-speaking Catholics.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a convent; interior condition good and exterior very good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.003814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001438.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985004","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/st-marys-girls-grade-school-82001438/"}