The Carnegie Library at Adams and Columbus Ave. in

Sandusky, Ohio Sandusky ( ) is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo, Ohio, Toledo ( west) and Cleveland ( east). At the 2020 United Stat ...

, also known as the Sandusky Public Library, was built in 1901. It was listed on the

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in 1975. It was designed by architect Albert D'Oench. Fundraising for a library was begun in 1886 by a Library Funding Association. It is a -story building. It was designed by New York City firm D'Oench and Yost ( Albert D'Oench and Joseph W. Yost). Yost worked in Columbus, Ohio before moving to New York City and joining D'Oench. The building has elements of

Jacobean Revival The Jacobethan ( ) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the Englis ...

style including steep triangular gables, rectangular windows divided by stone

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, bay windows, and towers with curved roofs.

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* Library buildings completed in 1901 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Buildings and structures in Sandusky, Ohio Carnegie libraries in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Ohio 1901 establishments in Ohio {{ErieCountyOH-NRHP-stub

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