Historic Preservation Commission approves storefront renovation at 4 N. Sandusky St.

The Delaware City Historic Preservation Commission on Oct. 29 approved a certificate of appropriateness for storefront and facade renovations at 4 North Sandusky Street (application 2025-3405), clearing the way for a planned restoration of the building’s historic storefront.

Diane Gunther, development planner with the city’s Planning and Community Development Department, told the commission the property, constructed in 1882 in an Italianate style, sits in the downtown core of the historic district and is zoned B-2, Central Business District. Gunther said the current proposal focuses on the front (west-facing) storefront: "We are going to be concentrating on the storefront area," she said, describing cleaning and mortar work, wood window framing, painted…