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Welcome to the Lucas County Recorder's Office
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Welcome to the Lucas County Recorder's Office
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The practice of recording land records was brought from England with the early colonist and came into use in Ohio during the 1790’s. In 1803 the Ohio General Assembly established the Recorder as a mandated county office. Initially the Recorder’s position was appointed by the associate judges of the Common Pleas Court, it then became an elective position in 1829. Originally the Recorder served a two-year term; in 1936 the Recorder’s term was extended to four years. ** Click here to view a list of Lucas County's Recorders.
Lucas County was established in 1835 and named for Robert Lucas, the governor of Ohio at the time. According to historical records, the first court hearing in Lucas County was held in a schoolhouse. The Schoolhouse was only used as courthouse September 7, 1835 in order for Ohio to claim the territory over Michigan during the “Toledo War”.
This school house was temporarily used as a courtroom for one night so that Ohio could claim
the territory now known as “Toledo”. Picture was taken around 1900, compliments of the
Lucas County Public Library, “Images in Time”.
There were a number of buildings in Toledo used as temporary courthouses from the years 1835-1840 until a vote was cast to move the county seat to Maumee. In 1841 an official courthouse opened for the elected officials of Lucas County. This courthouse would have housed our first four Recorders Frederick Wright and Junius Flagg as well as Elisha Mack and Horace Thacker who replaced Junius Flagg at the time of his death in 1847.
The Maumee courthouse was used 1841-1853.
Picture compliments of the Lucas County Public Library, “Images in Time”.
In 1852 another vote was cast, this time to move the county seat back to Toledo. Again for temporary uses, a warehouse on the corner of Summit St. between Cherry and Walnut known as “Duell Block” was transformed into a courthouse until an official courthouse was built.
In 1853 Lucas County elected officials moved into Toledo’s first official courthouse. The courthouse was erected on Adams St. near the corner of Erie. This courthouse accommodated Recorders Thomas Brophy, Jonathan Wynn, Josiah White, John Kountz, Isaac Head, William Alcorn, Chas Kirschner, William McMaken and A.F. Wendt.
The first official courthouse built in Toledo was used from 1853-1897. It was built on Adams St. near the corner of Erie. Picture is compliments of the Lucas County Public Library, “Images in Time”.
Proposals for the construction of a new courthouse began in the early 1880’s, but
the expenditure was so steep that it was not approved until the mid 1890’s. In 1897 the new courthouse was finally opened on Adams St. standing directly behind the already existing courthouse that was built in 1853. The original Adams St. courthouse was torn down in the late 1890’s, possibly the very early 1900’s leaving behind our present day courthouse. This courthouse was the office of Recorders T.H. Barkdull, George Hamlin, Charles Myers, John Jackman, Langdon Kumler, Arthur Hill, Harry Curtis, Anton Weils, Noble Jones, Gerald Cullen, John McHugh and Sandy Isenburg.
The courthouse that is still in use on Adams St. was used by the Recorder’s Office from 1897-1983.
Picture compliments of the Lucas County Public Library “Images in time”.
In 1983 a building was constructed on the corner of Erie, Jackson and Huron St.’s. This building is what we call the Government Center today. Since the opening of the Government Center, the Recorder’s office, as well as other city and county offices, have been housed in it. The Government Center has been the office of Recorder’s Sandy Isenberg, who made the transition from the courthouse to the Government Center, Bill Copeland, Sue Rioux, Anita Lopez, and the current Recorder, Jeanine Perry.
The Government Center was built in 1983 and is the current location of the Recorder’s office.
Picture compliments of the Lucas County Auditor.
** Our office is in the process of gathering information pertaining to the
"history of the Lucas County Recorder, please check back for updates."
Information and photos provided on this sight were graciously obtained from these sites:
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Lucas/LucasIndex.htm,
http://www.ohiorecorders.com/history.html,
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1965,
http://www.co.lucas.oh.us/real_estate/AREISmain/areismain.asp,
http://66.213.36.5/ (Lucas County Public Library “Images in Time”)
Information was also obtained from records found in the Lucas County Public Libraries Historical Department.
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