Old South End, Toledo

A rare survivor. This garage began life as a stable. It's on an alley, off Walbridge, near Broadway.

Salem Lutheran, Vistula Historic District

Photos by ShariY

St. Lucas' Lutheran Church, Old South End

Nice way to deal with a useless corner.

Immaculate Conception Church, Old South End

Stay Tuned

I have a serious backlog of interesting pictures to post, over the next few days.
This one's Downtown Toledo from the Warehouse District. In the middle is Fifth Third Field, with the Commodore Perry Hotel immediately behind it. The taller building, just to the right is the Ohio Bank Building.

Tony Packo's

A statue outside Tony Packo's location near Fifth Third Field, the Toledo Mudhens' home. You may remember Tony Packo's and the Hungarian hot dog, as well as the Mud Hens, from Toledo native Jamie Farr's portrayal of Max Klinger, on the television series MASH.

Salem Lutheran Church, Vistula Historic District

A magnificent altar. The statues are of St. Peter and St. Paul.
I'm curious about the painting, which appears to be the Ascension. Looks like the style of the German religious painters of the 19th century. Does anyone know who did it?

Vaulting, even simple vaulting was not common in Protestant churches of this period. Very well done, and the design on the bracket is wonderful.

The rose is a Lutheran emblem.

The pews are divided, down the center. This is a holdover from the old Protestant custom of having men on one side of the church and women on the other.

I like the lighting fixtures. Simple, but not too simple.

There seems to be some nice openwork decoration around the base of the pulpit.

The font is beautiful, but it competes for attention with a fine library table and what may be a very old ironstone ewer.

Thanks to commenter ShariYS for the pictures. I'll post more tomorrow.

Whodunnit?

The old Masonic Temple, on Broadway, in the Old South End, is an impressive building with a lot of good stonework. I'll post more pictures tomorrow, but this has me curious. The Masonic calipers symbol, in the arch over the main entrance has been seriously obliterated. It's too high, and way too painstaking to be vandalism. It had to be done deliberately. Reminds me of what the Egyptians at the last stages of the 18th Dynasty did to Ahkenaten's name.

The cornerstone had the same treatment. The question is, was it done by the Masons when they sold it, or by the Evangelical "ministry" that bought it?

St. Lucas' Lutheran, Old South End

I just took about thirty pictures. Still have to fiddle with them, so they'll be posted over the next few days.
I love that tower.

Immaculate Conception, Old South End

Warehouse District

Old South End

La Preciosa Restaurant, on Broadway.

A Tugboat on the Maumee

The Sandpiper, Downtown Toledo

Here's the WEBSITE. The Sandpiper runs cruises up and down the Maumee.

The Museum Ship Willis B. Boyer

Here's the WEBSITE.

Anthony Wayne Bridge

Toledo Bridges

The Cherry Street Bridge, with the Veterans' Glass City Skyway Bridge, in the distance.

Ohio Statehouse, Columbus

Ohio Statehouse, Chillicothe