Barney, Freeland T., House
Why it's listed
Freeland T. Barney House is a three-story limestone building at 213-215 Fulton Street in Sandusky, Ohio, dating to about 1850. Barney bought the land from the Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad for the house. He had arrived in Sandusky in 1839 and bought the stock of the town's first hardware store. The house has rock-faced cut limestone walls, a gable roof with returns and dormers, frieze windows, a wide cornice board, quoins, stone lintels and sills, and a stone water table. An old porch and bay window and several dormers are early additions, and a double sun porch came later. The house is considered significant as one of Sandusky's early, large limestone buildings. It operated as a boarding house and later as apartments, and housed many prominent early residents of the community before they established their own homes. It stands in an older neighborhood about two blocks from Sandusky Bay, next to the West Market School.
Significance in brief: The form argues the house is significant as one of Sandusky's early, large limestone buildings and as a house built on railroad land. It served as a boarding house and later apartments, housing many prominent early arrivals to the community before they found their own homes.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 82001375, listed October 20, 1982. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 215-213 Fulton St., Sandusky |
|---|---|
| County | Erie County |
| Listed | October 20, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82001375 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architect / builder | W. Market Sr. (listed in the architect/engineer field) |
| Architectural style | Vernacular |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Used as apartments; exterior condition described as good; located in a declining neighborhood. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 41.45391, -82.71602 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 82001375.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q137771141
- This listing as JSON
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