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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Summit County, Ohio
Adjacent to Summit County, Ohio
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| | This series of flat stones has been laid on the ground to mark the actual trail of the Portage Path as it was surveyed by Moses Warren in 1797. From here, the trail winds southwest and then southerly and up the hill through the park. Then North . . . — — Map (db m48754) HM |
| | Five Depression-era strikes against many of Akron's rubber companies culminated in a giant "sit-down" strike against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the industry's leader, in February and March of 1936. The fledgling United Rubber Workers (URW), . . . — — Map (db m43625) HM |
| | A colossus of engineering acumen and structural steel, the Airdock was built in 1929 as the construction facility for the U.S. Navy's rigid airships, the USS Akron (1931) and USS Macon (1933). The airships, or dirigibles, served as . . . — — Map (db m43475) HM |
| | On May 1, 1950, the Akron Community Service Center
and Urban League building opened to the public.
The Center was a gathering place for African
Americans of the community, where they addressed
workplace, education, and other issues dividing . . . — — Map (db m142804) HM |
| | In 1951, several pioneer drag racers opened one
of the Midwest’s first drag strips known by local
racing enthusiasts as the “Fulton Airport
Champions Raceway.” For the next eight years
half-brothers Art and Walt Arfons, Otis . . . — — Map (db m142783) HM |
| |
Presented to the
All-American Soap Box Derby
by the Juneau, Alaska,
Rotary Club
Original of this pole stands at Wrangell, Alaska, where since 1890 it has served as a memorial to the Kiksadi chief, Kolteen
...the monument consists . . . — — Map (db m48713) HM |
| | "The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future and we'll continue to follow..."
President Ronald Reagan
As the second American woman in space, Judith Resnik . . . — — Map (db m43539) HM |
| | You are near "Hall's Corners," the center of Akron's first business district, named after the general store that once stood at the corner of Market and Howard streets. Across Market Street from where you are standing, was the Empire House, the most . . . — — Map (db m48848) HM |
| |
The home of
Dr. Bob & Anne Smith
from 1916 to 1950
Co-founder of
Alcoholics Anonymous
—————
The birthplace of
Alcoholics Anonymous
June 10, 1935 Akron, Ohio
This property is listed in the . . . — — Map (db m48847) HM |
| | Side A: Elm Court
Arthur Hudson Marks (1874-1939)
Elm Court, designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw of Illinois, was built in 1912 for Arthur Hudson Marks. The original mansion exemplifies the Italian Renaissance Revival style. Elm Court . . . — — Map (db m43505) HM |
| | Industrialist and entrepreneur Franklin Augustus Seiberling (1859-1955) named his fledgling rubber goods manufacturing company "Goodyear" to honor Charles Goodyear, the man who invented the vulcanization process for curing rubber. Seiberling . . . — — Map (db m43451) HM |
| | Built over a two-year period, from 1936-1937, by the Federal Works Progress Administration, the Glendale Steps survive as a monument to the work of stone craftsmen during the Great Depression. Spanning a 200-foot slope, the purpose of the Glendale . . . — — Map (db m43554) HM |
| | Akron, an industrial boomtown in the early twentieth century, grew in population nearly fivefold between 1900 and 1920. As the city industrialized, middle class residents sought homes on West Hill, away from the smoke and soot of heavy industry on . . . — — Map (db m142835) HM |
| | Side A:
The center of African-American culture in Akron during the mid-20th century, Howard Street was home to many of the city's black-owned business and entertainment establishments, and provided an atmosphere in which minority-owned . . . — — Map (db m43566) HM |
| | The innovations of Dr. Karl Arnstein (1887-1974), an aerospace industry pioneer, form the foundation for lighter-than-air technology in use today. His mathematical proof and application of modern stress analysis allowed the construction of larger, . . . — — Map (db m43454) HM |
| | This burying ground was the first public cemetery located within Akron's boundaries. It was also known as the "Old Cemetery" and the "Newton Street Cemetery." Deacon Titus Chapman donated this land in 1808 as a burying ground, and he was probably . . . — — Map (db m43444) HM |
| | On December 21, 1818, The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio granted a Charter to Middlebury Lodge No. 34 marking the beginning of Freemasonry in Summit County. The Lodge was located on Case Avenue, then known as Water Street. Two . . . — — Map (db m43446) HM |
| |
To honor the pioneering spirit and enthusiam of the citizens
of Akron who supported the significant advances to
motorless flight from 1929 to 1936.
A commemorative flight today re-enacts the
first towed glider flight 50 years ago
from Akron . . . — — Map (db m156383) HM |
| | You are standing on the famous portage, carrying-place between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas rivers. The two streams and the portage across the watershed formed an early route between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. First the Indians, then French and . . . — — Map (db m43550) HM |
| | The North Terminus canoe landing of the Portage Path was located here along the Cuyahoga River. The 1797 survey of the trail began at a black cherry tree on the south bank of the river. If standing today, that tree would be in the middle of the . . . — — Map (db m48846) HM |
| | On this site on May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth, a former slave, gave her world famous "And Ain't I a Woman?" speech, recalling the hardships she had endured. Active in both the Abolitionist and Women's Rights Movements, she electrified an audience . . . — — Map (db m43726) HM |
| | The former "country estate" of the Frank A. Seiberling family, Stan Hywet Hall is one of the finest examples of Tudor Revival architecture in the United States. "F.A." Seiberling (1859-1955) co-founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1898 and . . . — — Map (db m43508) HM |
| | The Ohio & Erie Canal was completed from
Cleveland to Akron in 1827. From the Mustill
Site, the canal rose 15 locks to the summit in
Akron. The “Cascade Mill Race,” built by
Dr. Eliakim Crosby in 1832, paralleled the canal,
creating . . . — — Map (db m142834) HM |
| | Side A: The Gate Lodge, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Completed in 1915, the Gate Lodge is one of several service buildings located at Stan Hywet Hall dedicated to the operations of the estate. Located at the front entrance gates, this two-story . . . — — Map (db m43509) HM |
| | The Old Portage, an eight-mile overland connection between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers, was the longer of two portages used by prehistoric peoples and early settlers. This was just one link in the water route between Lake Erie and the Ohio . . . — — Map (db m48845) HM |
| | The First Americans
You are standing at the North Terminus of the renewed Portage Path, which formed the vital link in the shortest and best water route between the great lake to the north and the rivers flowing south. The trail was created . . . — — Map (db m48755) HM |
| | An annual summer tradition for American youth since the 1930s, the All-American Soap Box Derby was the concept of journalist Myron E. ("Scottie") Scott, who covered an impromptu homebuilt gravity-car race in Dayton in 1933. Scott conceived and . . . — — Map (db m43477) HM |
| | In 1785, American Indian tribal leaders from the Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa, and Wyandot met with representatives sent by the United States Congress to sign the controversial Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The treaty surrendered control of Native . . . — — Map (db m43512) HM |
| | In downtown Akron at the Portage Hotel, 12 September 1935, a national convention of rubber workers met and organized the United Rubber Workers of America. Convention delegates elected Sherman Dalrymple president and dedicated the URW international . . . — — Map (db m43731) HM |
| | Top plaque:
When the natural rubber supply from Southeast Asia was cut off at the beginning of World War II, the United States and its allies faced the loss of a strategic material. With U.S. government sponsorship, a consortium of companies . . . — — Map (db m44733) HM |
| | This church, founded in 1866, is the oldest Black congregation in Akron. After worshipping in several locations, the congregation held a fund-raiser to help finance the construction of a permanent home. The person collecting the most money had the . . . — — Map (db m43501) HM |
| | The Portage Path is now marked for all time in bronze to honor and memorialize the American Indian who for untold centuries preserved and cared for this land and its waterways.
During the 1990's, the Yeck Family initiated a program to research, . . . — — Map (db m48751) HM |
| | Ohio Columbus Barber began construction of his
farm complex in 1909; Barn No. 1 was the first
structure. The farm, named for his daughter and
son-in-law, ultimately encompassed 3500 acres
and 102 structures. It was famous for both the
design of . . . — — Map (db m143222) HM |
| | Dedicated to all Barberton military personnel who participated in World War II (green), or were in action during the Korean (blue), Vietnam (red), Persian Gulf (black), Afghanistan (taupe), Iraq (beige) and any future Wars involving the United . . . — — Map (db m48880) WM |
| | Ohio Columbus Barber, a wealthy Ohio businessman and founder of Barberton, retired in 1905 to develop his Anna Dean Farm. Built in 1910, the colt barn was a part of this 3000-acre estate. Although originally intended for bulls, the building was . . . — — Map (db m43735) HM |
| | To honor your many accomplishments as a teacher, coach, and athlete, and to thank you for setting a great example for your peers and the youth of the Magic City.
Athletic Accomplishments
Selected.....All Ohio Football-1954 . . . — — Map (db m48876) HM |
| | Thomas Johnson first came to Norton Township
in 1814, and within three years he had
established the township’s first sawmill along
the fast-moving waters of Wolf Creek. The
enterprising Johnson also erected a tavern,
store, and post office, all . . . — — Map (db m143224) HM |
| | On this site stood the Main Gatehouse of the Anna Dean Farm, estate of Barberton town founder and industrialist Ohio C. Barber. The Anna Dean Farm was not only a lavish estate but also a farming showcase built to promote and develop scientific . . . — — Map (db m43734) HM |
| |
1891
Founder
City of Barberton
Sculptors, Virgil and Zak Villers
Dedicated September 29, 2007 — — Map (db m48900) HM |
| | Attracted by the availability of raw materials and railroad transportation, the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (PPG) built a plant here in 1899 to make soda ash for the company's glassmaking operations. This plant began production in 1900 as the . . . — — Map (db m43744) HM |
| | In 1918, early Slovene immigrants organized the Slovenian Independent
Society Home and later constructed this hall, which became the center
for Barberton Slovene cultural, social, and recreational activities.
They formed dramatic and singing . . . — — Map (db m143223) HM |
| |
Third Battalion, 130th Infantry
33rd Division, Army of the United States
Posthumously Awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor
By his daring, skillful, and inspiring leadership, as well as by his gallant determination to search out and . . . — — Map (db m48898) HM |
| |
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Maj. Kenneth Cordier
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action — — Map (db m48906) HM |
| |
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Lt. Col. Richard Keirn
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action — — Map (db m48907) HM |
| |
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
Capt. Alan Trent
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action — — Map (db m48950) HM |
| |
With the vision of universal freedom
for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to
1Lt. Mark Peterson
and all
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action — — Map (db m48953) HM |
| | This cemetery is the resting place of many of the Hale, Hammond, and Cranz family members who were integral in founding and developing Bath Township. Connecticut natives Jonathan Hale and Jason Hammond were the first to purchase land in the area . . . — — Map (db m134588) HM |
| | This is the original home of Jonathan Hale drawn by Albert Ruger. It is based on the recollection of James Hale as depicted in Old Homesteads of the Hale Hammond Pioneers complied by C. 0. Hale. Jonathan Hale arrived in Township 3 Range 12 in 1810. . . . — — Map (db m134606) HM |
| | In 1928, Samuel and Charlotte Hale Shaw came to Bath Township from Bristol, New York. They purchased 145 acres of land where Samuel, a carpenter, built a two-story frame house. They had six children; two died in infancy. Their two year old daughter, . . . — — Map (db m134607) HM |
| | Bath Township Hall. A log meeting house, which also served both the Presbyterians and Congregationalists, was constructed here circa 1818. In 1839, a frame structure replaced the log house and served the community and the congregations until . . . — — Map (db m137210) HM |
| | The Ohio & Erie Canal is an early 19th-century creation built to meet growing transportation needs. The Towpath Trail is a late 20th-century creation, built because visionary individuals saw new uses for the abandoned canal. One of these . . . — — Map (db m44908) HM |
| | Boston, the oldest village in Summit County, was first settled by surveyor James Stanford in 1806. The village's first mill was built in 1821, and the Ohio & Erie Canal's arrival in 1827 expanded opportunities for commerce and industry. Many boat . . . — — Map (db m44927) HM |
| | An 1834 survey map provides the earliest evidence of a bridge crossing the Cuyahoga River at this site. This rendering, based on a 1890's postcard, shows a covered bridge connecting the Akron-Cleveland Road (now Riverview Road) to the village of . . . — — Map (db m48996) HM |
| | The Boston Land & Manufacturing Company store, built in 1836, displays a high level of craftsmanship. The fan-shaped lunette above the store front shows the influence of Federal-style architecture. The building's unusual trapezoidal shape results . . . — — Map (db m44922) HM |
| | Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad follows the historic route of the Valley Railway, which began freight and passenger service between Cleveland and Canton in 1880. Today, you can travel the same path to experience the rich cultural history and . . . — — Map (db m44906) HM |
| | The presence of industry changed the physical appearance and social composition of the Cuyahoga Valley. In the early years of the 20th century, both the Cleveland Akron Bag Company and the Jaite Paper Mill built new structures that impacted the . . . — — Map (db m44894) HM |
| | The Ohio & Erie Canal was among the most successful canals during the periods when canals contributed to our nation's growth. In 1827 the canal opened from Cleveland through the Cuyahoga Valley to Akron. When completed in 1832 it stretched 308 . . . — — Map (db m44929) HM |
| | While the Valley Railway, the precursor to Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, was founded primarily as a conduit for freight and passengers moving among Cleveland, Akron, and Canton, it also became integral to the success of two factories within the . . . — — Map (db m44858) HM |
| | The land on which Coventry Township is situated was ceded in 1785 to
the United States by the Delaware, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Wyandot
tribes under the Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The area was a choice
location for Native Americans, settlers, and fur . . . — — Map (db m142749) HM |
| | In 1879, local hardware store owners L.W. Loomis and H.E. Parks established a summer resort at Front Street and Prospect Avenue. The High Bridge Glens and Caves park spanned both sides of the Cuyahoga River and featured a dance and dining pavilion, . . . — — Map (db m142837) HM |
| | The property was first recorded in 1892, the building was built in 1912 as a store front by Archie B. Syme Construction. (The Syme name is still visible above the front entrance canopy) Early recordings indicate the address as 214 South Front . . . — — Map (db m144125) HM |
| | The Ghent Woolen Mill was one of at least thirteen mills built in the Yellow Creek Valley to take advantage of the water power available in the creek’s 400-foot fall across Bath Township. Erected by Messrs. Allen and Bloom in 1832, it was a marginal . . . — — Map (db m134611) HM |
| | Hudson, Ohio. Boyhood home of John Brown (1800-1859.) Abolitionist John Brown came to Hudson as a boy in 1805 and lived here until 1826. A frequent visitor to Hudson in the ensuing years, Brown attended services at the Free Congregational Church, . . . — — Map (db m158469) HM |
| | On this site, the first meetinghouse owned by the Hudson Congregational Church was dedicated March 1, 1820, twenty-one years after David Hudson first came to the Hudson area. Its members met here until they completed their sanctuary on Aurora Street . . . — — Map (db m36192) HM |
| | Near this spot
stood the first log house
in Summit County,
built by David Hudson
of Goshen, Connecticut, in 1799.
It was the birthplace,
October 28, 1800, of the first
white child in this county
Anner Maria Hudson.
Erected . . . — — Map (db m41268) HM |
| | On this site stood a log schoolhouse built in 1801, the first in Summit County. It was used as a meeting-place by the Hudson Congregational Church formed by David Hudson, its lifetime Deacon, and organized September 4, 1802, by Rev. Joseph Badger. . . . — — Map (db m36193) HM |
| | On this site in 1882, Gustave H. Grimm (1850-1914), a German immigrant tinsmith, established the G.H. Grimm Manufacturing Company. His device, the Champion Evaporator, revolutionized maple syrup production with the use of a corrugated pan which . . . — — Map (db m29261) HM |
| | Side A Hudson had a long tradition of being an anti-slavery town. By 1826, records show that the town's founder, David Hudson, was hiding runaway slaves at his home. Early Settler Owen Brown and his family helped organize the Underground . . . — — Map (db m36201) HM |
| | Elias Loomis and Charles Augustus Young worked in this Observatory, built in 1838, the third to be erected in the United States, the second oldest standing (1926). — — Map (db m36202) HM |
| |
On this site, April 26, 1826
was laid the cornerstone of
the first college edifice
in the Western Reserve, later
called Middle College.
It marked the beginning of
Western Reserve University — — Map (db m48681) HM |
| |
Erected in 1837-38,
originally for the
use of students
of divinity — — Map (db m48680) HM |
| | President-elect Abraham Lincoln, en route to Washington for his first inaugural, stopped in Hudson aboard a special Presidential train on February 15, 1861. A crowd of over 6,000 people greeted Lincoln at the old Hudson Depot, located near this . . . — — Map (db m41269) HM |
| |
This house was built
in 1830 for the President
of the College and the
Professor of Theology.
Here lived Presidents
Storrs, Hitchcock and Pierce
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by . . . — — Map (db m48679) HM |
| |
This Chapel, in architecture
and tradition recalling Old Yale
College, the ideals of which inspired
the establishment of higher learning
in the Western Reserve, was dedicated
in 1836 to the service of
Almighty God
This property . . . — — Map (db m48673) HM |
| | With the help of town founder, David Hudson, Western Reserve College and its Academy were founded in 1826. Often called "The Yale of the West," the college saw success initially as nearly all of its professors and college presidents were Yale . . . — — Map (db m43418) HM |
| | Officially opening on August 4, 1840, the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal followed the route of present railroad tracks through Munroe Falls approximately one thousand feet south of this marker. This 82-mile long “feeder canal” connected the . . . — — Map (db m142909) HM |
| | It is in the valleys that one can realize most effectively a sense of isolation and freedom from the sights and sounds…which go to make the modern city. Olmsted Brothers, 1925.
Since the 1800, the Cuyahoga Valley has been a place of . . . — — Map (db m61656) HM |
| | A bustling village once surrounded these falls. Taking advantage of the waterpower, George Wallace built a sawmill here in 1814. Over the next decade, the Village of Brandywine added a whiskey distillery, gristmill, woolen mill, and a dozen houses. . . . — — Map (db m61652) HM |
| | In addition to the Boston Township Hall, well-known Cleveland architect John Eisenmann designed
many prominent buildings, including the Cleveland
Arcade. Eisenmann was also the first professor of
civil engineering at the Case School of . . . — — Map (db m134556) HM |
| |
Listed on the
National Register
of
Historic Places
By the United States
Department of Interior
August 23, 1974 — — Map (db m48995) HM |
| | Robert L. Hunker was a nationally renowned interior and architectural designer who moved his home and business to Peninsula, Ohio in 1962.
He purchased, preserved and renovated over thirty irreplaceable historic village structures, including . . . — — Map (db m134572) HM |
| | This marks the site of the first Sikh Gurdwara in the state of
Ohio. Sikhs began to arrive in Ohio after India’s freedom from
British rule in 1947. They came for advanced education at
universities in the state. With liberalization of immigration . . . — — Map (db m134848) HM |
| | Side A: Silver Lake
Silver Lake was previously known as Wetmore's Pond, named for Judge William Wetmore, an agent for the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Wetmore built a cabin overlooking the spring-fed lake, which was then a part of . . . — — Map (db m43419) HM |
| | Tallmadge was established in 1807 by David Bacon as a Congregational community. In 1821 local landowners donated timber to build this church, designed and constructed by one of Ohio's first architects, Col. Lemuel Porter. Dedicated on September 8, . . . — — Map (db m43441) HM |
| | The Village of Tallmadge was founded in 1807. The first Academy building was erected in 1815. The fifth home of the Academy was located on the second floor of this Town Hall, which was erected in 1859. The Academy served students from northeast . . . — — Map (db m43426) HM |
| |
The historic Tallmadge Circle,
originally called the Public Square,
including the First Congregational Church
and the Old Town Hall,
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
May 6, 1971
by the United States . . . — — Map (db m48707) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m48710) HM |
| |
This "Eisenhower"
Green Ash Tree
is dedicated to all
World War II Veterans
May 2001 — — Map (db m44862) HM |
| | Twinsburg pioneers, many from Killingworth, Connecticut, worshipped in various locations for 31 years until this church was built in 1848. Its design is attributed to master builder Simeon Porter. The spire is an 1857 replacement. The edifice is . . . — — Map (db m43389) HM |
| | Cemetery vaults were used to store bodies in winter when the ground was too frozen to break manually. Locust Grove's vault was constructed of locally quarried sandstone in 1872. The interior showcases the mason's skills: the walls are smooth and . . . — — Map (db m43417) HM |
| | This monument erected as a permanent tribute to the foresight and integrity of the Wilcox twins who dedicated the land for this park and were instrumental in Twinsburg's cultural, religious and educational growth
In memory of Moses and Aaron . . . — — Map (db m44884) HM |
| |
In Memoriam
World War II
Lt. Herbert Gill
Navy Fighter Pilot
Died - Dec. 4, 1943
Sgt. Paul Bennett
486 QM REF. Co. M.
Died - Dec. 6, 1945
P.F.C. Fred Staedtler, Jr.
Co. M., 145 Inf., 37 Div.
Died - Mar. 6, 1945
Bert . . . — — Map (db m44883) WM |
| | In honor of the Twinsburg boys
engaged in the World War
Orland R. Bishop • Ray E. Boose
Earl W. Bowen • Albert L. Cochran
Raymond E. Doubrava • Arthur L. Dunscomb
John A. Day • Lewis L. Davies
Eugene H. Evans • Louis W. Froelich . . . — — Map (db m44882) HM |
| |
To the memory of our patriot sons
who fell during the Rebellion of 1861 to 1965
[Honor Roll of Names]
Soldiers Record
List of those that survived
[Honor Roll of Names]
1867
Semi Centennial
Year
of the Settlement
of
this . . . — — Map (db m44889) HM |
| | John Richards Buchtel was born in Green Township,
Ohio. A successful businessman and philanthropist,
Buchtel was a leading spirit in the Akron Library
Association. He donated to establish the Akron
Public Library and served as the First . . . — — Map (db m142740) HM |
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