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Eleutheros Cooke (December 25, 1787 – December 27, 1864) was a lawyer and U.S. representative from Ohio (1831–1833).
Mar 27, 2018 · The Eleutheros Cooke home, completed in 1844, was the first built of stone in Sandusky, Ohio. Located at the corner of Columbus Avenue and Washington Row, the home was relocated in 1878 following the deaths of Cooke and his wife. Today, the home stands at 1415 Columbus Avenue.
Biography. COOKE, ELEUTHEROS, a Representative from Ohio; born in Granville, Washington County, N.Y., December 25, 1787; attended the country schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Granville; moved to Indiana in 1817, and thence to Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, in 1819; member of the State house of ...
COOKE, Eleutheros, congressman, b. in Granville, N. Y., 25 Dec., 1787; d. in Sandusky, Ohio, 27 Dec., 1864. His name was given him in commemoration of the framing of the Federal constitution in 1787, the year of his birth.
The Eleutheros Cooke House, also known as the Cooke-Dorn House, at 1415 Columbus Avenue in Sandusky, Ohio is a three-story, limestone Greek Revival style house that was built in 1844. It was the last home of Eleutheros Cooke, one of the first settlers in Sandusky and its first lawyer.
Eleutheros Cooke, Sandusky’s first lawyer, originally constructed this home in 1843-1844 on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West Washington Row in downtown Sandusky, which today is the site of the downtown offices of Erie County.
The Cooke-Dorn house was the last home of attorney Eleutheros Cooke (1787-1864) who served four years in the Ohio legislature and one term in the 22nd Congress of the United States. An early proponent of railroads, Cooke received one of the first charters granted to a railroad west of the Alleghany Mountains, for the Mad River & Lake Erie line.
