Sandusky in Erie County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Old Sandusky Post Office
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 7, 2019
1. Old Sandusky Post Office Marker
Inscription.
Old Sandusky Post Office. . This U.S. Post Office building, Sandusky’s third, opened in 1927, replacing a smaller building at Columbus Avenue and Market Street. It is notable for its fine Neoclassical-style architecture and its unusual curved portico. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. For sixty years it served as Sandusky’s business center, where merchants shipped and received goods and banks transferred money. During this time it also housed local offices for several federal agencies, including U.S. Customs, the National Weather Service, armed forces recruiting, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The U.S. Geological Survey disk embedded in the front steps serves as a benchmark for surveyors and scientists. Closed in 1987, the historic Sandusky Post Office building reopened as a museum in 1990.
This U.S. Post Office building, Sandusky’s third, opened in 1927, replacing a smaller building at Columbus Avenue and Market Street. It is notable for its fine Neoclassical-style architecture and its unusual curved portico. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. For sixty years it served as Sandusky’s business center, where merchants shipped and received goods and banks transferred money. During this time it also housed local offices for several federal agencies, including U.S. Customs, the National Weather Service, armed forces recruiting, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The U.S. Geological Survey disk embedded in the front steps serves as a benchmark for surveyors and scientists. Closed in 1987, the historic Sandusky Post Office building reopened as a museum in 1990.
Erected 2001 by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Longaberger Company, Huron City Schools, The Merry Go Round Museum, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 18-22.)
41° 27.252′ N, 82° 42.778′ W. Marker is in Sandusky, Ohio, in Erie County. Marker is at the intersection of West Washington Street (U.S. 6) and Jackson Street, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street. It is at the Merry-Go-Round Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 Jackson St, Sandusky OH 44870, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regarding Old Sandusky Post Office. The modest admission fee to the museum includes a ride on a surprisingly fast carousel and a guided tour of the exhibits. The museum restores and repaints carved animals for merry-go-rounds throughout U.S. and the world.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 7, 2019
2. Old Sandusky Post Office Marker
Photographed By J. J. Prats, August 7, 2019
3. Old Sandusky Post Office, Now the Merry-Go-Round Museum
Marker is visible on the far right, to the right of the green pole.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, February 15, 2020
4. Mroow Tigers at the Merry-Go-Round Museum
Photographed By Craig Doda, May 27, 2022
5. National Register of Historical Places plaque on the church building
Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 298 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 28, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 4. submitted on May 24, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 5. submitted on May 31, 2022, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.