Akron Postcards
Historic Postcards from Akron, Ohio

Main menu

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Welcome to Akron Postcards
  • Categories |
    • A-C
      • Airships
      • Banks
      • Boadcasters
      • Canals
      • Churches
      • Cuyahoga Falls
    • D-H
      • Entertainment
      • Factories
      • Government
      • Homes
      • Hospitals
      • Hotels
    • I-R
      • Monuments
      • Neighborhoods
      • Offices
      • Organizations
      • Recreation
      • Railroads
      • Rubber Co.
        • Diamond Rubber Co.
        • Firestone
        • Goodyear
    • S-Z
      • Schools
        • College/University
        • High Schools
      • Souvenirs
      • Stores
      • Streets/Bridges
        • Howard
        • Main Street
        • Market
      • Transportation
      • Uncategorized
  • Collections
    • John Simon, Akron Firefighter
    • USS Macon
    • Union Depot 1
    • Firefighter W. Eddie Wolfe
    • Union Depot – Grand Opening
    • Goodyear Blimps and Airships
    • Ads – Diamond Tire
    • Ads – Miller Rubber
  • Contact
S. Forge St. showing High School, Akron, Ohio

Posted in High Schools, Schools

Akron High School – S. Forge St.

by tconte on April 21, 2018

Akron High School, built in 1884, was renamed Central High School in 1911 when South High was built. The school sat on the current site of Central-Hower High School until it was demolished and replaced in 1973.

Related Postcards:

North High School

Akron University

Buchtel College

S. Forge St.

Akron High School

Tags:akron high central high forge street high school school

Post navigation

← Residence – W.B. Miller
Central Depositors Bank & Trust →

This Day In History

1929 On this day in 1929, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, the Chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, drove the "golden rivet" in the U.S.S. Akron's first main ring.
1945 On this day in 1945, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's plane crashed at the Akron Municipal Airport. The crash killed Edward J. Quigley, chief pilot for Firestone and Edward Brown, an engineer in Firestone's research and development office. A. F. Weber, Jr., also an engineer in the development office was badly burned.

Copyright © 2026 Akron Postcards. All Rights Reserved.

The Destin Basic Theme by bavotasan.com.