{"nrhp_refnum":"97000198","name":"Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's House","other_names":["1890 Sandusky County Jail"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"622 Croghan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fremont","county":"Sandusky County","state":"OH","lat":41.34686190200006,"lon":-83.11839563799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story gray sandstone combined county jail and sheriff's residence at 622 Croghan Street in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, built in 1890 and designed by architect John Carlton Johnson with Theodore Brockman as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it meets Criteria A and C. It reflects the development of permanent county prison facilities in Ohio, linked to prison reform efforts, and it is an excellent example of the combined residence/institutional building type, which is most common in the Midwest. It also represents the work of Johnson, a regionally prominent jail architect.","narrative":"Built in 1890 at 622 Croghan Street in Fremont, Ohio, this building combines a sheriff's residence at the front with a jail attached at the rear. It stands on the same block as the Sandusky County Courthouse, and an underground passage once carried prisoners between the two. The walls are gray sandstone on a limestone foundation, with red Lake Superior sandstone trim around the entrance, carved stone faces, a conical corner turret, six dormers and a slate roof. Its design mixes Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne elements. Inside, the residence has carved butternut woodwork, while the jail holds cells for men on two floors and for women on the third. Architect John Carlton Johnson of Fremont designed it, and Theodore Brockman built it. The property is significant for its place in the growth of permanent county jails in Ohio after the prison reform movement of the era, and as a fine example of the combined jail and residence type. It is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1890-1946","architect_builder":"Johnson, John Carlton: architect; Brockman, Theodore: contractor","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use. The original landscaping has been replaced by parking, and a metal fire escape has been added at the rear.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.649822-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/97000198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000198/ba2c33bcf3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000198/ba2c33bcf3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandusky_County_Sheriff%27s_Residence_and_Jail_%E2%80%94_Fremont,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sandusky_County_Sheriff%27s_Residence_and_Jail_%E2%80%94_Fremont,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991234","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandusky_County_Jail_and_Sheriff%27s_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7417009"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/sandusky-county/sandusky-county-jail-and-sheriffs-house-97000198/"}