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

Eleutheros Cooke House
Location:1415 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, Ohio
Coordinates:41.4439°N -82.705°W
Built:1844
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:October 20, 1982
Mpsub:Sandusky MRA
Refnum:82001389

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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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  1. Book: Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2 . 1999 . Somerset Publishers, Inc.. Lorrie K. Owen . 344. 9781878592705 .