{"nrhp_refnum":"83001960","name":"Boeckling, G. A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"614 Columbus Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.45078087700006,"lon":-82.70815707399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick dwelling at 614 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built around 1910 in a Second Renaissance Revival style, with a later rear ballroom addition and an early garage.","why_significant":"It was the last home of G. A. Boeckling, the promoter who developed Cedar Point from a picnic grove into a major amusement resort after buying out the previous owners in 1897. The house is also noted for its architecture, with an unusual roofline and garland decoration.","narrative":"Built around 1910 at 614 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky's main thoroughfare, this two-story brick house in the Second Renaissance Revival style was the last residence of G. A. Boeckling. Boeckling, president of the Cedar Point Pleasure Resort Company, bought out the earlier owners of Cedar Point in 1897, when it was only a picnic grove, then added amusements and hotels and publicized the resort nationally. The house has a flat tar roof with a garland-decorated monitor and a cornice with modillions, giving an unusual roofline. Garlands also appear above the upper windows, and a decorative canopy on chain supports covers a glassed-in front entry. The painted cement finish gives the dwelling an amusement-park air. A ballroom was added to the rear early in the house's history and connects it to a buff brick garage, since altered and used for storage. The house sits on a rise on a narrow lot in an area of large homes, and it now serves as a lodge.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Inventory lists the interior as good and the exterior as very good; the house is in use as a lodge and the early garage is used for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.66743-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001960.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001960/fa2191bb0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001960/fa2191bb0c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G.A._Boeckling_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:G.A._Boeckling_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984984","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.A._Boeckling_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137782496"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/boeckling-g-a-house-83001960/"}