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East Market Street Looking West, Akron, Ohio

Posted in Hotels, Market, Streets/Bridges

East Market Street – Looking West

by tconte on April 28, 2020

The Empire House opened on November 20, 1847. The hotel served Akron visitors until it was torn down in 1912 to make way for the Portage Hotel.

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This Day In History

1918 On this day in 1918, Police Officer Edward Costigan was the second of four Akron Policemen to be shot and killed by members of an Italian gang in retaliation for the Akron Police Department's crackdown on their gambling dens and brothels.

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