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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT7E_elm-court-our-lady-of-the-elms_Akron-OH.html
Side A: Elm CourtArthur 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 included the man…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT7A_wesley-temple-african-methodist-episcopal-zion-church_Akron-OH.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6P_the-soap-box-derby_Akron-OH.html
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 pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6N_airdock_Akron-OH.html
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 the fleet's aer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT64_karl-arnstein_Akron-OH.html
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,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT61_franklin-augustus-f-a-seiberling-and-the-goodyear-tire-and-rubber-company_Akron-OH.html
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 found…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5W_middlebury-lodge-no-34-f-a-m_Akron-OH.html
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 mem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT5U_middlebury-cemetery_Akron-OH.html
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 …