Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
Ohio - Ottawa County
Ottawa County Ohio has 30 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of National significance and 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Cooke, Jay, House, Johnson Island Civil War Prison and Fort Site, Lakeside Historic District, Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial and Inselruhe.

Several famous people are associated with these Ottawa County historic places including Jay Cooke and Alexander Clemons.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ottawa County places including Freelander & Seymour, Wadley & Smythe, Col. William H. Hoffman, David Henry Overman, William Kelley, Gluss Brothers, George E. Gascoyne, Henry Luckert, James Young and Henry Blocker. Prominent architectural styles found in Ottawa Country are Italianate, Greek Revival and Romanesque.

Andres, Charles, House (added 1995 - - #95001196)
Co. Rd. No. 154 (Fox Rd.) , Middle Bass Island
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, European
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Carroll Township Hall (added 1990 - - #90000385)
Toussaint E. Rd. and Behlman Rd. , Oak Harbor
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Williams,Enos E., Floro,James H.
Architectural Style:
Other, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Social
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Meeting Hall
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Catawba Island Wine Company (added 1983 - - #83002019)
Also known as Mon Ami Restaurant & Historic Winery
3845 Wine Celler Rd. , Port Clinton
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Restaurant, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Clemons, Alexander, House (added 1987 - - #87001628)
Also known as Old Stone House Bed and Breakfast Inn
133 Clemons St. , Marblehead
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Greek Revival
Historic Person:
Clemons,Alexander
Significant Year:
1861
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Cooke, Jay, House (added 1966 - - #66000620)
Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie , Gibraltar Island
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Cooke,Jay
Significant Year:
1904, 1865
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
College
More Information:
archives document
East Point Manor (added 1990 - - #87000804)
Also known as Payer,Harry Franklin,Estate
S. Shore Dr. , Middle Bass Island
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dyer,J. Milton, Schnurr,Alfred
Architectural Style:
Prairie School, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
First Congregational Church (added 2000 - - #00001161)
Also known as First United Church of Christ, Congregational
802 Prairie St. , Marblehead
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Marble, Oliver W., Bertsch, Ed
Architectural Style:
Romanesque
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Foster--Gram House (added 1992 - - #92000175)
Also known as Stonehenge
Langrum Rd., South Bass Island , Put-In-Bay
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wild,William
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Genoa Town Hall (added 1976 - - #76001504)
Also known as Genoa Village Hall
Main and 6th Sts. , Genoa
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Findley & Shivey
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Theater
Current Function:
Government, Social
Current Sub-function:
City Hall, Civic
More Information:
archives document
Gill--Luchsinger--Bahnsen House and Barn (added 1992 - - #92000888)
426 E. 4th St. , Port Clinton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Animal Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Golden Eagle Wine Cellars (added 1986 - - #86000868)
Also known as Lonz Winery
Fox and Lonz Rds. , Middle Bass Island
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Blocker,Henry
Architectural Style:
Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Processing, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Processing, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Green Island Light (added 1990 - - #90001909)
Green Island in Lake Erie , Put-in-Bay
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Graham,T.N.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Inselruhe (added 1976 - - #76001506)
Also known as Miller, Frank, House
NE of Put-in-Bay at jct. of Bayview Ave. and Chapman Rd. on South Bass Island , Put-in-Bay
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Young,James, Gascoyne,George E.
Architectural Style:
Other, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Island House (added 2008 - - #08000623)
Also known as Island House Motor Inn, O.H.I. #OTT-232-10
102 Madison St. , Port Clinton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Johnson Island Civil War Prison and Fort Site (added 1975 - - #75001514)
Also known as Johnson's Island Civil War Prison
E shore area of Johnson Island , Danbury
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
American Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Fortification, Military Facility
Current Function:
Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation
More Information:
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Lakeside Historic District (added 1983 - - #83002020)
Also known as Lakeside ("On Lake Erie")
Roughly bounded by Lake Erie, RR tracks, Poplar and Oak Aves. , Lakeside
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake, Gothic
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Religion
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Church Related Residence, Meeting Hall, Resort
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Health Care, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Resort, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Main Street Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001261)
Also known as Business District;Downtown
Roughly bounded by Eighth, Washington, Fifth and West Sts. , Genoa
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Chicago, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Meeting Hall, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Marblehead Lighthouse (added 1969 - - #69000148)
Also known as Sandusky Bay Lighthouse
OH 163 , Marblehead
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
More Information:
archives document
Middle Bass Club Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001843)
Grape and Grove Aves. , Middle Bass Island
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Mo-John, Betsy, Cabin (added 1976 - - #76001505)
About 4 mi. E of Port Clinton off OH 53 , Port Clinton
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Luckert,Henry
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
North Bass School (added 2020 - - #100005289)
515 Kenny Road, Isle Saint George
Educationcollaborator, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Education
Period of Significance:
1952-2005 AD
Ohio State Route 51 Bridge Over the Portage River (added 1994 - - #94000239)
Also known as Structure No. 6201202
OH 51 over the Portage R. , Elmore
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Overman, David Henry, Gluss Brothers
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
archives document
Old School Privy (added 1975 - - #75001515)
Also known as The Little Building;Camper Elementary Incinerator
310 Main St. , Genoa
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Education
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Public Works
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Ottawa County Courthouse (added 1974 - - #74001588)
W. 4th and Madison Sts. , Port Clinton
LeeG7144, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wing & Mahurin, Caldwell & Drake
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
archives document
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (added 1966 - - #66000118)
South Bass Island , Put-in-Bay
Druffeler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Freelander & Seymour, Wadley & Smythe
Area of Significance:
Military, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Park
More Information:
archives document
Port Clinton City Hall (added 2000 - - #00000096)
Adams St. , Port Clinton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Miller, William, Shively, Samuel H.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Fire Station, Library, Museum
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Fire Station
More Information:
archives document
South Bass Island Light (added 1990 - - #90000473)
Langram Rd., on SW point of South Bass Island , South Bass Island
Matthiasb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Lt. Col. Jared A., Corps of Engineers
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
St. Thomas Episcopal Church (added 1999 - - #99000845)
Also known as St. Thomas Rectory, St. Thomas Guild Hall
214 E. Second St. , Port Clinton
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Betsch, Edward, Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Church School, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure
More Information:
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War Of 1812 Battle Site (added 1972 - - #72001038)
Also known as Giddings Plot;Giddings Monument;Battlefield Monument
East Bay Shore Rd., 1 mi. W of jct. with T-142 , Mineyahta-on-the-Bay
Wdzinc, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Park
More Information:
archives document
Wolcott, Benajah, House (added 1991 - - #91000251)
Also known as Old Stone Fort
9999 E. Bay Shore Rd. , Lakeside--Marblehead
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kelly,William
Architectural Style:
Federal
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
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