Eleutheros Cooke House (1415 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, Ohio)

Eleutheros Cooke House
Front of the house
Location 1415 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, Ohio
Coordinates 41°26′38″N 82°42′18″W / 41.44389°N 82.70500°W / 41.44389; -82.70500Coordinates: 41°26′38″N 82°42′18″W / 41.44389°N 82.70500°W / 41.44389; -82.70500
Built 1844
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Sandusky MRA
NRHP reference # 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). "Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2". Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 344.


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