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Website. www.akronohio.gov. Akron (/ ˈækrən /) is a city in and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States. At the 2020 census, the city proper had a total population of 190,469, making it the fifth-most populous city in Ohio and 136th-most populous city in the U.S. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties ...
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (70 acres) is a historic house museum in Akron, Ohio. The estate includes gardens, a greenhouse, carriage house, and the main mansion, one of the largest houses in the United States. [2] A National Historic Landmark, it is nationally significant as the home of F. A. Seiberling, co-founder of the Goodyear Tire and ...
There are 187 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Summit County, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. The city of Akron is the location of 63 of these properties and districts, including 2 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the 124 sites and 1 National Historic Landmark located elsewhere ...
History. Located immediately northwest of downtown Akron, the Cascade Locks Historic District is a ravine that opens up to a flat plane where the Ohio and Erie Canal empties into the Little Cuyahoga River. This area of the canal included the steepest grade of the entire 304 miles between Lake Erie to the Ohio River.
Check out these 13 spooky things to do or places to visit in Greater Akron. Gannett. Craig Webb, Kerry Clawson, Mark J. Price and Tawney Beans, Akron Beacon Journal. See more.
Parts of the original Bath Township are now in Akron and Fairlawn. It occupies most of survey Town 3, Range 12 in the Connecticut Western Reserve and is about 23 square miles (60 km 2 ) in area. Bath Township contains part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park , whose main attraction within the township is the Hale Farm & Village , a historical ...
Akron Art Museum. The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States. The museum first opened on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library. [1] The Institute offered classes in arts appreciation which were organized by Edwin Coupland Shaw and his ...
Cascade Plaza is an open space with plantings and pedestrian walkways in Akron, Ohio. It was developed in the late 1960s as part of an urban renewal project that also included construction of two high rises. Starting in 2013, a major overhaul to the plaza took place, completed in 2015. [1]