{"nrhp_refnum":"82001445","name":"Stone's Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"202 Columbus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45595850800004,"lon":-82.71128624199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Stone's Block is a three-story brick commercial building at 202 Columbus Avenue, at the corner of East Market Street, in downtown Sandusky, Ohio. It dates from about 1870 and is designed in the High Victorian style.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its long history as a commercial building, its fine Victorian architecture, and its link to the Lake Shore Electric Railway, described as the longest electric railway in the country. The building served as the railway's interurban station from the early 1900s into the second quarter of the century.","narrative":"Stone's Block is a three-story brick commercial building on the southeast corner of the main downtown intersection in Sandusky, at Columbus Avenue and East Market Street. Built around 1870 in the High Victorian style, it has a decorative cornice with brackets, pressed metal ornament on the centered gable, and unusually large windows. Triple windows have pointed ornamentation, other windows have rounded tops, and all have cut stone lintels, with pilasters separating the window sets. The first floor has been altered with a modern storefront and shortened side windows. The building has served many commercial uses, including a men's clothing store, a business college in 1888, a dime store and later a discount store. It was also the interurban station for the Lake Shore Electric Railway, described as the longest electric railway in the country, from the early 1900s until about the second quarter of the century. Its commercial record, Victorian design and railway connection support its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"High Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a store (discount store at the time of the survey); exterior in good condition, interior fair; first floor altered with a modern storefront.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.223504-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001445.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001445/e8b4e7fbc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001445/e8b4e7fbc0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone%27s_Block.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone%27s_Block.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100001899","name":"Downtown Sandusky Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/downtown-sandusky-commercial-historic-district-100001899/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984908","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137779343"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/stones-block-82001445/"}