Built 1865 Designated NHL November 13, 1966 Area 3 ha Added to NRHP 13 November 1966 | NRHP Reference # 66000620 Opened 1865 Architectural style Italianate architecture | |
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Jay Cooke House (also known as Cooke Castle) was the summer home of Jay Cooke, a financial magnate involved in financing the Union during the American Civil War, and whose failure caused the Panic of 1873. The house is located at Put-in-Bay, Ohio on Gibraltar Island.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
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