Facilities

For your convenience and to help you find the right office once you've arrived, new printed directories have also been posted in the Administration Building's elevators. To contact an office below, please see our online Government Directory (PDF).

The J. Grant Keys Administration Building is a 6-story building that houses the Lorain County Offices of the Auditor, Recorder, Engineer, Treasurer, Main Title Office for the Clerk of Courts, Crime/Drug Lab, Board of Commissioners (their Departments), Children Services, and the Growth Partnership.

Lower Level

• Building Maintenance
  • Mailroom
  • Recorder (Vacant)
    
    

First Floor

• Recorder (Mike Doran)
  • Deeds
  • Mortgages
  • Land Contracts
  • Liens
  • Veterans Services/Resources (DD-212, Forms)
• Clerk of Courts (Tom Orlando)
  • Auto Title
  • Passports
    
    

Second Floor

• Auditor (Craig Snodgrass)
  • Tax Maps (GIS)
  • Real Estate Information and Appraisal
  • Real Estate and Deed Transfer
  • Personal Property Taxes
  • Special Assessments
  • Vendors License (PDF)
  • Cigarette License (PDF)
  • Dog Licenses
  • Estate Inheritance (PDF)
  • Board of Revision Secretary
  • Budget Commission Secretary
• Treasurer (Dan Talarek)
  • Real Estate Tax Payment
• Engineer (Ken Carney)
  
  

Third Floor

• Children Services
  • Child Abuse/Neglect Concerns
  • Foster Parenting Information
    
    

Fourth Floor

• Administrator (Jeff Armbruster)
  • Facilities Management Director
  • IT and Telecommunications Director
  • Budget Director
  • Transit Office and Ticket Sales (Routes, Schedules)
• Board of Commissioners
  • Michelle Hung
  • David Moore
  • Jeff Riddell
• Clerk of the Board of Commissioners
  • Theresa Upton
• Public Meeting Rooms (A, B, C and D)
  
  

Fifth Floor

• Community Development
• HR
• Lorain County Port Authority
• Solid Waste Management District
• Chamber of Commerce
  
  

Parking Information

Free Parking is limited for visitors, in the lot on the corner of 3rd Street and Middle Avenue. Additional public parking is available in the Washington Avenue lot and for $2 in the lot near the Lorain County Transportation and Community Center, off Depot Street. Please download or print our Parking Map of Downtown Elyria (PDF) for your trip. For questions about parking accommodations, please email us or call 440-329-5111.