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1. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - 2007.1.51. - Color photograph of the Freeman - Eckley Yacht Sales building on the northeast corner of Liberty and Sandusky Streets c. 1990. At the turn of the 20th century the building was owned and used by a local businessman named Warrent Gold Smith ("Smitty") as a tire sales and auto repair shop. Through the years it has housed a restaurant and also a fire extinguisher re-charging / sales business along with a local office for the Ohio Motor Bureau (owned by Richard and Pat Parsons). - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.51

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2. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - A color photograph of a portion of the buildings on the south side of Liberty Avenue between Main (to the left) and Grand (to the right) Streets c. 1999. The "Chic Island" building is the old "Liberty Theater" that at the turn of the 20th century was home to Lewis Englebry’s Haberdashery. The building just to the east was (at the turn of the 20th century) the Vermilion Banking Company - and then the Williams and Williams Attorneys Law Office. The building east of it (empty in the photo) was Bill Williams Law office. Prior to that it was a little pizza parlor. And prior to that it was Krapp’s and then Moats’ Meat Market. The yellow building just to the east of it was then a restaurant called the "Free Style". Prior to that it was Captain Larry’s (Dickerhoff’s) Restaurant. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.59

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - A color photograph of the building best known as the Maud-Elton Hotel building c. 1990. Once owned by American Legion Post #397 the post was house with their bar and restaurant on the upper floors. Various businesses rented the basement offices. This structure once occupied the southeast corner of Liberty and Division (now Main St.). It was called The Lake House and was built by a contractor named Maurice Diehl of Sandusky in 1876. In 1903 then owner John Krapp sold the establishment to Vermilion entrepreneur and lumberman George Fischer. Mr. Fischer moved the building down the hill, added a basement floor, spruced it up a bit (as seen in several photographs taken by Vermilion photographer and newspaper publisher/editor Pearl Roscoe), and renamed the it after his children Maud and Elton. Although times were changing - Vermilion’s place as a major shipbuilding and a shipping port was fast fading - the hotel continued to do well as a stopping place for persons interested in taking a holiday along the lake shore. The depot for the Lake Shore Electric interurban railway sat just across Exchange Street to the east providing potential vacationers with both attractive and convenient accommodations not to mention easy access to all area recreational facilities. But by the late 1930’s and early 1940’s as the popularity of personal transportation increased and the role of mass transportation such as the interurban electric trains disappeared, so to did the need for the old hotel decline. By the 1950’s the upper floors of the building were no longer in use, and had fallen into a state of total disrepair. And by the 1970’s the upper floor of the building was, for all intents and purposes, eradicated. Today the old hotel - one of the oldest public buildings in the city - is barely recognizable. It is but a shadow of its former self; its glory days confined to a worn out photograph of a yesteryear none can recall, and its future - uncertain. - by Rich Tarrant.

   VA2007.1.60

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - A color photograph of the Cargo Warehouse (owned by the Buyer’s Fair) near the southeast corner of Liberty and Toledo Streets c 1990. Built in 1850 it was organically part of the Nicholas / George Fischer Lumber Company and sat along the eastern river bank just south of the Kishman Fish Company. It was later moved south - across the railroad tracks just south and to the east of the location in the photograph where it was used as a warehouse by Fischer Lumber. When a dispute between the lumber company over ownership of the land on which the building then sat took place in the early part of the 20th century George Fischer moved the building to the site in the picture. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.57

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - A color photograph of the east side of Main Street - between Liberty Avenue and the railroad tracks c. 1985. Beginning at the left the buildings are the Fischer Building (built in 1915), a saloon "Strong Waters", and the Schwensen Bakery. The businesses located in most of the buildings (with the exception of a beauty salon) have changed several times since this photograph was taken. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.58

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - A color photograph of the Evangelical and Reformed Church on the northwest corner of Grand and Ohio Streets c.2000. The Cornerstone of the nucleus of the sanctuary was laid on August 5, 1868, and the building was finally finished and dedicated on February 7, 1896. - by Rich Tarrant.

   VA2007.1.27

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - A color photograph of Vermilion Township Hall on the northwest corner of Main and Ohio Streets c.2000. Of all the public buildings in Vermilion, Ohio, there is perhaps none of more historical worth than Vermilion's Township Hall. That value far exceeds any monetary/real value of the property. And no small part of the reason for this is the fact that after 122/123 years "It's still all there: The offices, the voting room, the Opera House ; and the memories. Those memories began in the year 1878 when the Ohio Legislature passed a bill authorizing Township Trustees to erect a town hall in the Village of Vermilion. In the Spring of 1882, a majority of villagers voted in favor of building the hall, and a site on the corner of South and Grand Streets was purchased for that purpose. However; due to the fact that "a majority of Township people favored a site nearer downtown" another property was purchased from Jacob Neiding and Vermilion Village early in 1983. It lay just west of the Public Square and north of Ohio Street. Township Trustees at the time were F.C. McConnelly, N. Fischer, and Jesse Ball. Columbus architects, Terrill and Morris, drew up the initial plans, and local builder B.S. Horton was awarded the construction contract. Of six bids for that contract, his was the lowest. It was $12,500. On August 1st of 1883 construction of the Vermilion Town Hall commenced. By November 1st the Erie County Reporter stated that the building had begun on an "attractive appearance". On the 22nd the roof was completed. And on the 29th the land around the new building was graded for a sidewalk that would be laid along the Ohio Street part of the structure. In early December a heating apparatus had been installed in the northwest room of the building and was operational. On December 20th it was announced that St. Mary's Church would be the first organization to rent the hall to be used as a fair. On Tuesday evening, January 22, 1884 public dedication services of Vermilion's newly constructed Town Hall were held. An estimated 10-12 hundred well-wishers from the village and adjoining towns attended. After speeches by local politicians, three tableaux were performed by local men and women on the Opera House stage. Later in the eve folks danced in the voting room to music provided by the Great Western Band until the wee hours (4 a.m.) of the following morning. The crowd was said to be so large that many in attendance were unable to dance. This experience led more than a few folks to opine that the building should have been twenty or thirty feet longer - a detail which, however insignificant it may seem is, nonetheless, quite extraordinary (historically). In any case, for the next 50 years the Vermilion Town Hall served as the literal hub of village political and social life. With a seating capacity of 352, and a Gallery capacity of 111 more than a few medicine shows, minstrel shows, lectures, pays, high school graduations, wedding receptions, and numerous other civic sponsored productions took place on the 2nd floor Opera House stage. Sundry items necessary for these productions were often hoisted by cable to the back stage door on the west side of the building. The first floor featured a council chamber, trustees' hall, voting room, dressing room, kitchen, dining room, court room, and a jail replete with six bunks. Most of these rooms, although modified for various purposes through the years, remained in active use until 2005 when the township offices were moved to a new facility. Best of all it was all "paid for". Total cost for the entire finished project - property site, building construction, furnace, seats/chairs, landscaping, chandeliers, coal oil lamps, frescoing, grading, grate for office, one half cistern, sidewalks, and architects - had come to a whopping total of $16,805. For a little village of 1,090 people t'was a monumental, but very worthy, project. Moveover; the Vermilion Town Hall, as previously stated, remains much the way it was almost 125 years later. It is all still there: The offices, the voting room, and the 2nd floor Opera House. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.26

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Black and white photograph of the Evangelical & Reformed Church on the northeast corner of Grand and Ohio Streets c. 1990. The nucleus of this church was built on or about 1854. It was formally dedicated in February of 1896. The sermons were given in the German language well into the 20th century. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.56

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Church (old West home) in 1976. Girls - Lisa Lambert & Jodi Maners, boys - Darren West & Billy Haisley - by Barbara West Feiszli. Color photograph of the front (west side) of the Vermilion Four Square Church on the west side of State Street c.1980. Eventually this building was razed / remodeled to make way for a new church building. Originally it was a house. - by Rich Tarrant

   VA2007.1.63

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10. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color enlargement of a postal card / brochure advertising Vacationland U.S.A." - date unknown. - by Rich Tarrant.

    VA2007.1.67

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11. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of "Admiral Debbie's" dessert and lunch eatery on the south side (5561) of Liberty Avenue c.2000. At the time of the photograph the place was owned and operated by Larry and Debbie Dickerhoff. Prior to this time Dickerhoff ran a full-service restaurant called "Captain Larry's" at the same location. And prior to that it was for many years Leidheiser's German Restaurant. - by Rich Tarrant.

    VA2007.1.43

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of "Burley & Associates" doctors of Optometry office on the northeast corner of Park Drive and Liberty Avenue c.1990. - by Rich Tarrant

    VA2007.1.28

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13. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of Captain Alva Bradley's First House on the south side of Huron Street just one door east of Washington Street c.1990. The Captain's family were good friends with Thomas Alva Edison. Ergo; his parents gave him the name "Alva". Built in c.1830. Greek Revival Style. At the time of the photograph it was owned by Margaret (Wakefield) and Charles Worcester. -by Rich Tarrant. 2 copies

    VA2007.1.32

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of Captain Bell House c.2000. Situated on the northwest corner of Liberty and Perry Streets. In the early part of the 21st century the 2008 house was the home of Tiffany's Flowers. Built circa 1870. Italianate style. by Rich Tarrant.

    VA2007.1.37

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of Captain Moody House situated on the northwest corner of Exchange and South Streets c. 2000. Built in the 1904. - by Rich Tarrant.

    VA2007.1.47

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of Captain Thompson House located on the east side of North Main Street. Built in 1830. Remodeled Greek Revival style. This is a south-eastern view of the home. - by Rich Tarrant.

    VA2007.1.48

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of Dick Baker Dodge dealership on the north side of Liberty Avenue between Washington and Grand Streets c.2000. Dealership later sold to Liberty Ford and moved from the location. The building was later purchased by the Ritter Public Library to be razed and replaced by a new library addition to that library. The building was known as the Library Annex. -by Rich Tarrant

    VA2007.1.34

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of homes in the Vermilion Lagoons along the southern end of the east breakwall of the Vermilion River c.1990. Photograph taken from the Main Street beach looking north and east. - by Rich Tarrant

    VA2007.1.36

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color Photograph of Miles Lawless House c.2000. It is located on the northwest corner of Huron and Washington Streets. It was owned by Captain J.C. Gilchrist who moved it to this site after he built a much larger house about a half block east of this location. Built c.1830. Remodeled 1925. Vernacular Style. - by Rich Tarrant.

    VA2007.1.38

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. Feiszli, Barbara West Collection - Color photograph of Romp's Water Port, the Snell Fishery Building and the Vermilion Water Tower on the east side of the Vermilion River Bridge c.1990. - by Rich Tarrant (Liberty Avenue).

    VA2007.1.68

    Record Type: Photo