Erie County Ohio (Page 2) has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Hotel Breakers, Exchange Hotel, FRANCIS, JOSEPH, IRON SURF BOAT, Florence Corners School and Follett-Moss-Moss Residences.
Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Erie, Protohistoric, Archaic and Woodland dating back to 8999 BC.
Many famous people are associated with these Erie County historic places including Charles Dickens, Oran Follett, Fannie Facer, Rice Harper, Hindle, James and J..
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Erie County places including Knox & Elliott, Moss,Augustus H.,, Joseph Francis, Purcell & Feick, George Feick, Henry Millott, G Wm. Doerzbach, Adam & George Feick Philip, Royle C. Williams and Prior & Church. Prominent architectural styles found in Erie Country are Italianate, Gothic Revival and Greek Revival.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Knox & Elliott
Architectural Style:
Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Opened in 1905 under the visionary leadership of Cedar Point developer George A. Boeckling, the Hotel Breakers stands as a monumental landmark of the golden age of American lakeside resorts. Designed by the prominent Cleveland architectural firm of Knox & Elliot, the massive resort hotel originally featured 600 rooms and was celebrated for its breathtaking scale, rustic stone lobby, and elegant Tiffany glass chandeliers. Situated directly along the sandy shores of Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio, the Classical Revival-style hotel served as the crown jewel of the Cedar Point amusement park, helping to transform the peninsula from a local picnic grove into a premier, nationally recognized destination resort.
Beyond its architectural grandeur, the Hotel Breakers holds immense historical significance for its association with the evolution of American leisure and its roster of illustrious twentieth-century guests. The hotel has hosted a storied list of dignitaries and celebrities, including United States Presidents William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, the latter of whom famously worked at the resort as a host and cabana boy during his youth. Other notable guests included sharpshooter Annie Oakley, composer John Philip Sousa, and the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. As one of the oldest and largest continuously operating resort hotels in the United States, the Hotel Breakers remains a vital cultural and historical anchor for Midwest tourism.
