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The Sandusky Library Archives Research Center has several photographs of businesses under construction in its collections. The image above shows the Sandusky Masonic Temple under contruction. The view is from the cornerstone-laying ceremony on June 24, 1889.
Below is a picture of St. Mary’s Catholic Church under construction in the 1870s. A worker is visible at the top of the building, while two adults and several young people are seen at the front of the church.
In the 1890s, this house was being built on Columbus Avenue for Sandusky businessman R.M. Wilcox.
In the picture below, two men appear to be attaching slats to the frame of a Lyman boat at the Lyman Boat Works in 1938.
Helen Hansen took this photograph of the Citizens Banking Company, now Civista Bank, under construction in 1985 at the southwest corner of Water and Wayne Streets in Sandusky.
If you are interested in the historic buildings in Sandusky, Ohio, see Ellie Damm’s book Treasure by the Bay (Bucknell University Press, 1998) at the Sandusky Library. In this book Mrs. Damm points out that many of Sandusky’s early commercial buildings were built from native limestone, demonstrating the thrift and practicality of the early residents of Sandusky.
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The Wilcox Home in the article is interesting as it is still there. Rollin Merritt Wilcox built the home at 1117 Columbus Ave. He passed in 1902. After the street address renumbering around 1905, the address became 1433 Columbus Ave.
The photo of Citizen's Bank under construction in 1985??? Wasn't that in 1895???
The Citizen's bank building in that picture is a relatively new building, built in 1985.
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