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

Eleutheros Cooke House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1415 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, Ohio
Coordinates	41°26′38″N82°42′18″W / 41.44389°N 82.70500°W / 41.44389; -82.70500
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

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 344. ISBN   9781878592705.

External links

• Cooke-Dorn House - Ohio Historical Society
• Cooke House Archived April 9, 2016, at the Wayback Machine - Old House Guild