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Brownfield sites in Lorain County, Ohio
EPA lists 96 brownfield sites in Lorain County. Grant recipients report them. 46 carry EPA's ready-for-reuse flag.
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The sites
Each row is a site name and city, as EPA holds them. Where several sites share a name, the count shows how many.
| Site | City | Sites | EPA flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADI Building | Sheffield Lake | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Alliance Marine at Port Lorain | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| American Crucible | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| AT&T Building | North Ridgeville | 1 | Assessment |
| Black River Wharf | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Bluestar Metal Recycling | Elyria | 1 | Assessment |
| Carnegie Library Site | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Clark Property | Oberlin | 1 | Assessment |
| Cleveland Trust | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Consumers Builders Supply | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Driscol Music Company | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| E&L Transportation Facility | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Eagles Building | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| East Bridge Street Vacant Land | Elyria | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Ebosh Property | Oberlin | 1 | Assessment |
| El Centro | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Elm Street | Elyria | 1 | Assessment |
| Erieview Motel | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Forge Industries | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Hills Department Store | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Former Joe Firment Chevrolet | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former National Gypsum Co. | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Former National Pharmacy Building | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Tappan Furnace Manufact | Elyria | 1 | Assessment |
| Former USS Lorain Works Turning Basin Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Former West College Gas Station | Oberlin | 1 | Assessment |
| Future American Bariatrics Property | Elyria | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Garden Street Redevelopment Site | Elyria | 1 | Assessment |
| General Industries, former | Elyria | 1 | Targeted assessment, State or tribal program |
| Gerbick Motors Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Great Lake Auto & Marine | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Hales Florist | North Ridgeville | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Herald Building | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Horizon Activities Center | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Jonick & Company | Sheffield Lake | 1 | Assessment |
| Kharisma Property | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lake Motel | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Leona Street Vacant Land | Elyria | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lorain Area Wide Assessment | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Lorain City Hall | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Lorain Confined Disposal Facility | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Lorain County Automotive Systems, Inc. Property | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lorain County Port Authority DIY Building | Elyria | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lorain Historical Society | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Molas Building | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Norcross Building | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| North Ridgeville Detention Basin | North Ridgeville | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Oberlin Bait & Canteen | Oberlin | 1 | Assessment |
| Oberlin Research and Commerce Park | Oberlin | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Otero Office Building | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Our Lady of the Wayside | Elyria | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Our Thrift Shoppe | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Pace Building | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Pearl Avenue Gas Station Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Pellet Terminal | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Proposed River Park Motorplex Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Rainbow Sunoco | Oberlin | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Reidy Scanlon Building | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Rosewood Place | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Rowland Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| RTI Property | Lorain | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Shoreway Motel & Trailer Park | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Small Sign Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Spitzer Hotel | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| St. Joe's Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| St. Joseph Hospital | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| St. Joseph's Former Gas Station | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Stein Inc. Property | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| Stove Works | Lorain | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Stoveworks | Lorain | 1 | Assessment |
| The Church of the Open Door | Elyria | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| United Way Building | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Washington Avenue Church Property | Lorain | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Waverly Ave. | Elyria | 1 | Assessment |
| Woodford Ave. Properties | Elyria | 1 | Assessment |
21 more sites have an address or parcel number as the EPA name. We count them but don't show the name.
To see each site in Lorain County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 46 |
| Assessment | 92 |
| Cleanup | 0 |
| Targeted assessment | 1 |
| State or tribal program | 5 |
| Multipurpose grant | 0 |
| Area-wide planning | 0 |
A site can carry more than one flag. The grant flags show which kinds of EPA brownfield funding a site is listed under.
What this data holds
- Acreage isn't in EPA's national data, so we don't show site sizes.
- We hold no flood data for these sites.
- We show the city and county, not street addresses.
- Grant recipients report these sites to EPA. A flag is EPA's record, not a site visit.
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US EPA data, as of 18 Oct 2026, reported by grant recipients. Not endorsed by EPA. Not legal or environmental advice; confirm with the state or EPA region.