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Portage Hotel, Akron, Ohio

Posted in Hotels

Portage Hotel

by tconte on June 27, 2021

The Portage Hotel, located downtown at Main Street and Market Street, replaced the former Empire House Hotel in 1912 and served as Akron’s leading hotel until the opening of the modern Mayflower Hotel in 1931.

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