Greetings from Akron
Seeded on the Ohio-Erie Canal, Akron was the fastest growing…
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Chautauqua Park – Train to Silver Lake Park
The Miniature Railway at Silver Lake Park was a 15 in gauge miniature railway opened…
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Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
The company was founded in 1884 by Edwin S. Kelly and fellow…
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Wm. Christy Residence
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
It all began at Sweitzer Street and Miller Avenue in…
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Summit County Jail
Built in 1902, the old jail was located between High…
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B. F. Goodrich Company
Born in Ripley, New York in 1841, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich pursued…
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Mayflower – Sheratan
“Sheraton Hotel, 259 So. Main Street, Akron Ohio – Akron’s…
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East Market Street Looking North
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Music Hall
The German Music Hall was dedicated in 1904 with a…
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Navy Corsair Fighter over Rubber Bowl
A US Navy Corsair Fighter, built by Goodyear Aircraft flies…
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Portage Hotel – Interior
The Portage Hotel was located at 10 North Main Street…
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Post Office
The brick building opened in 1899 as Akron’s main post…
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Akron Savings & Loan
Built in 1923, the Akron Savings & Loan building is…
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First Second National Building
The First Second National Bank Building was built in 1911by Carmichael…
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Silver Lake Park – Menagerie
Beginning in 1874, Silver Lake and the land surrounding it…
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Greyhound Bus Terminal
The Greyhound Bus Terminal in Akron was built at a…
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Silver Lake Park – Bears
In 1888, Ralph Lodge was presented with a female black…
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Airships – Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Goodyear built its first blimp in 1912. In 1928 the…
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Firestone Research Building
“High on a hill overlooking the Firestone Tire and Rubber…
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Public Library
In 1874, the newly-formed Akron Public Library Board met for…
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Portage Hotel – Akron Pharmacy Co.
The Portage Hotel was located downtown at Main Street and…
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Main Street looking South – O’Neils
Michael O’Neil and his partner Isaac Dyas began serving Akron shoppers…
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Peoples Hospital
After construction in 1915, the hospital struggled financially. In those…
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. – Main Plant
By 1930 Goodyear had pioneered what would later become known…
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Main Street – Looking North from Exchange Street
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