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⇧ Go to 8-62 Gibraltar Island Marker Home
Marker Details
- Title, side A
- Gibraltar Island
- Title, side B
- Same
- Sponsors
- Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Ohio State University, and The Ohio Historical Society
- Address
- Across from 878 Bayview AvenuePut-in-Bay, 43452
- Location
- Near the Stone Laboratory sign
- Latitude
- 41.6579620
- Longitude
- -82.8272280
- Subjects
- Biology, Islands, Put-in-Bay, War of 1812
Picture Details
- Title
- Cooke Castle, Gilbraltar Island
- Caption
- This image shows Cooke Castle, Gibraltar Island, ca. 1880. Built circa 1864 by Jay Cooke, Cooke Castle was used as a vacation home by four generations of the Cooke family. Today, the house and the island are owned by The Ohio State University, where it maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility (AL03667).