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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 ...
There are 187 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the 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 separately, while the 125 properties and districts and the National Historic ...
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 ...
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. The district was the site of many ...
The Main–Market Street Historic District is the heart of the North Village of Akron's original town plat, created in August 1833. Developed to the north of the canal town of Akron, and eventually merged into one city, this area of Akron has long been a successful commercial center. The intersection of Main and Market is now a primary gateway ...
The Summit County Historical Society (SCHS) was founded in 1924 by the Cuyahoga Portage chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to celebrate the centennial of the City of Akron. In 1929, the Society acquired its first property, the Old Stone School on South Broadway. The 1840 stone school building was donated by the City of Akron.
The Gothic Building. / 41.08361°N 81.51583°W / 41.08361; -81.51583 ( Gothic Building, The) The Gothic Building is a historic building in Akron, Ohio. [2] It was designed by prominent Akron architect Frank O. Weary and built in 1902. [3] Weary also designed a Carnegie Library ( Akron Public Library ), county courthouses, and school ...
Huntington Tower, earlier known as FirstMerit Tower, First National Bank Building, the First Central Tower and the First Central Trust Building, is a skyscraper in Akron, Ohio. The centerpiece of downtown Akron, it sits in the Cascade Plaza at the corner of King James Way and East Mill Street. [4] The 330 ft (100 m) tower [1] has been the city ...