Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's House

The Sandusky County Jail and Sheriff's House is a historic government building near downtown Fremont, Ohio, United States.

[3] By the time that the sheriff's house and jail was completed in the following year, the county had paid approximately $40,000 for its new building; three stories tall,[3] it was built of sandstone on a foundation of limestone with a slate roof and substantial wooden elements.

[5] Divided into two segments – one for the sheriff's residence and the other for housing prisoners – the building was designed in a combination of the Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles of architecture.

Besides providing fourteen individual cells for prisoners (eight for men and six for women), the jail's design enabled the sheriff to separate longtime criminals from those deemed to be of less danger.

Although local officials considered destroying the structure in 1996, it survived;[3] since that time, it has been converted into an office building, and the county's human resources department now operates out of the property.