Eleutheros Cooke House (1415 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio)
Appearance
Eleutheros Cooke House | |
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Location | 1415 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 41°26′38″N 82°42′18″W / 41.44389°N 82.70500°W |
Built | 1844 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | Sandusky MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82001389[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 20, 1982 |
The Eleutheros Cooke House, also known as the Cooke-Dorn House, at 1415 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio is a three-story, limestone Greek Revival style house that was built in 1844. It was the last home of Eleutheros Cooke, one of the first settlers in Sandusky and its first lawyer. Eleutheros was father of Jay Cooke, the Civil War financier.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
The house is owned by the Ohio Historical Society and is open seasonally as a historic house museum that has been restored to a 1950s appearance. It is managed locally by the Old House Guild of Sandusky.
See also
- Eleutheros Cooke House (410 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio), also built by Eleutheros Cooke, on the same street
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 344.
External links
- Cooke-Dorn House - Ohio Historical Society
- Cooke House - Old House Guild
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Greek Revival houses in Ohio
- Buildings and structures in Sandusky, Ohio
- Houses completed in 1844
- Ohio History Connection
- Historic house museums in Ohio
- Museums in Erie County, Ohio
- National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Ohio
- Houses in Erie County, Ohio
- Northwest Ohio Registered Historic Place stubs
- Ohio museum stubs
- Tourist attractions in Sandusky, Ohio