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From about 1860 until his retirement in the 1910s,
Bernard Lodick had a carriage and wagon shop at the corner of Washington and
Jackson Streets.
Mr. Lodick had several “elegantly furnished” vehicles
on display at the carriage hall at the Fair, according to the September 30,
1870 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal.
He made and repaired carriages and wagons.
The Lodick shop was next to the old Methodist Church
building, as seen on this 1893 Sanborn Map.
By 1911, William Thom and Son operated a horseshoeing
business at the former Lodick Carriage Shop.
In 1916 and 1917, there was a garage at the same
location, run by the Sandusky Motor and Vulcanizing Company.
A news article in the March 25, 1916 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal reported that the
former Lodick site was favored for the construction of a new Post Office
building.
Ground was broken for the new Post Office on November
1, 1925, and the new Post Office officially opened in March of 1927. The former
Post Office is now home to the Merry Go Round Museum.
2 comments:
great old pictures. Whatever happened to the Old Methodist Church mentioned in the article? seems a large and impressive stone building to not be there anymore. And what happened to the congregation?
The congregation of the Trinity Methodist Church moved to East Jefferson Street, between Wayne and Hancock Streets, to make way for the new Post Office on Washington Street. The congregation (the first in Sandusky) is still at that site. More information is here: https://www.eriecountyohiohistory.com/trinity-united-methodist-church/.
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