{"nrhp_refnum":"82001449","name":"U.S. Coast Guard Building","other_names":["Cedar Point Rear Range Light"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cedar Point, Off Perimeter Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.48819175600005,"lon":-82.69380665499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Maritime History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story vernacular limestone building at the tip of the Cedar Point Peninsula in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1862 as the Cedar Point Rear Range Light and later used as a Coast Guard station.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant to the history of shipping on the Great Lakes, since it served as a lighthouse from 1862 into the 20th century. It was also occupied by the 24th Battery in November 1863 to protect the harbor, because Johnson's Island, a Confederate officers' prison camp, lay across the channel.","narrative":"Standing at the tip of the Cedar Point Peninsula beside the channel that separates Lake Erie from Sandusky Bay, this two-story limestone building began as a lighthouse. Dating to 1862, it served as the Cedar Point Rear Range Light until it was replaced by the Cedar Point Jetty light. The vernacular structure has coursed square ashlar walls, stone quoins, stone lintels and sills, and a gable roof with wall dormers holding arched windows. The lighthouse tower, once at the center of the roof, was removed after the building ceased to function as a light, and the Coast Guard later added a lookout room in the 1950s. The building matters for its role in Great Lakes shipping. During the Civil War, the 24th Battery occupied it in November 1863 to guard the harbor, since Johnson's Island, a Confederate officers' prison camp, lay across the channel. It sits in a grove of virgin timber alongside newer Coast Guard buildings.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition; used as an office by the Coast Guard. A 1982 Coast Guard document describes plans to relocate personnel and eventually dispose of the property.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.682045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001449.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985020","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/u-s-coast-guard-building-82001449/"}