North Canton in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Hoover Historical Center
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2013
1. Hoover Historical Center Marker
This house, built in 1853, was the boyhood of vacuum cleaner entrepreneur William Henry Boss Hoover (1849-1932), whose grandparents came to Stark County from Pennsylvania in 1827 and established a leather tanning business. Boss Hoover began manufacturing a patented electric suction sweeper in 1908 in a corner of his leather good factory in New Berlin (now North Canton), thus introducing to American households one of the most essential domestic appliances and Hoover a universally known name. In 1978, The Hoover Company dedicated the Hoover Historical Center to showcase the industry created here.
Erected 2001 by The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 9-76.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1853.
Location. 40° 52.517′ N, 81° 22.183′ W. Marker is in North Canton, Ohio, in Stark County. It is on East Maple Street west of Market Avenue N. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: North Canton OH 44720, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country and in Greater Cleveland. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Walsh University (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memoriam
this page online
Also see . . . Hoover Historical venter. Visit Canton website entry (Submitted on July 18, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2013
2. Hoover Historical Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2013
3. Hoover Historical Center Marker
Full view of the front of the house.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2013
4. Hoover Historical Center Marker
Sign near the entrance to the front door.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2013
5. Hoover Historical Center Marker
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
This plaque is near the entrance to the front door.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 17, 2013
6. Hoover Historical Center Marker
Hoover Tannery 1845. This building is located near the rear of the house.
Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,080 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 8, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.
