An image titled Glimpse of
Sandusky, From St. Paul’s Church is housed in the Sandusky Library Archives
Research Center. The engraving was done by John Douglas Woodward for the book Picturesque America, or the Land We Live In, which was edited by
William Cullen Bryant in 1872, and published by D. Appleton and Company, New
York. Most likely the view was actually from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic
Church, looking northward toward Sandusky Bay. In the view you can see the two
steeples of the First Congregational Church,
which was then in Washington Park. Further north, you can see the West House
hotel, which once stood where the State Theater now stands. On the right half
of the illustration you can see SanduskyHigh School, and the old Academy building, which had once served as an early courthouse in Erie County.
Picturesque America was a two volume
set that described and illustrated scenes all across the United States. It was
first published as a series in Appletons’
Journal, and then was published as a serialized subscription book.
Here are two pages from Picturesque America from
the Internet Archive, one of which
features the illustration of Sandusky in black and white.
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