Nomination for Akron Rural Cemetery Buildings

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United States Department of the Interior received JUL 2 4 1980 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common street & number - not for publication city, town - vicinity of - state - .district - public - unoccupied - agriculture X building(s) X private X commercial X park - work in progress _ educational - private residence _ entertainment X yes: restricted - government - scientific - yes: unrestricted - transportation _ military .other: 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. 175 S. Main Street title Akron Historic Landmark Survey has this property been determined elegible? - yes X no federal - depository for survey records Dept.

of Planning, City of Akron both Location Accessible code Category Akron industrial historic structure religious object Ownership Status site Public Acquisition date entered Inventory-Nomination Form Akron Rural Cemetery Group Glendale Cemetery Group Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use being considered 3. Classification 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service in process The Proprietors of the Akron Rural Cemetery Summit County Recorder's Office National Register of Historic Places date 1978 Ohio 150 Glendale Avenue For HCRS use only 166 S. High Street FHR-8-300 (11-78) SEP _ museum countyX local 039 _ excellent X unaltered X original site X good Memorial Chapel, 225 Ieet southwest of the office. Central panel of colored glass depicts Col. Lewis P.

Buckley, former by the 1977 sewer line explosion, has been restored and will be reinstalled. BELL TOWER (1883) This rock-faced, coursed ashlar structure has central gabled wall dormers Condition ruins unexposed OFFICE BUILDING three double-hung windows. taker's residence diagonally across the entrance drive from the office; that project from the tower as half-rounds.Below and centered between arch window divided by heavy stone mullions into three vertical openings This rock-faced random ashlar structure is 15 feet in diameter and 6o feet It commemorates the wartime sacrifice and service of women. which terminate in Gothic points and intersect a five-pointed star above. 7. Description Built on cruciform plan, this Victorian Gothic structure has random rock- them at varying heights are four slit windows.

Open belfry, surrounded by a wood railing, is topped by a concave Check one Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

cemetery: An office building, just inside the gate on the south side of - moveddate MEM0RIAL Tudor arches.has a colossal portal flanked by pictorial stained glass CARETAKER'S RESIDENCE (1869) - fair Opposite this, at west end of nave, is a pointed South transept window, of similar design, has vertical panels depicting George Washington, Oliver Hazard Perry and Abraham Lincoln. deteriorated Raised open arcaded narthex of three window with tracery. with diamond tracery.T wraps around the west end. coursed ashlar walls and a truncated hip roof of asphalt shingles.Main Central entry is flanked on both sides by North transept window, damaged block has center entry under projecting gabled porch with pointed arch Originally known as the lodge, this sandstone structure has rock-faced, Triangular dormer above entry: gabled dormer above has been removed.

the entrance drive; a bell tower on a hill behind the office; a care- Cemetery officials hope to restore it. Steep-pitched gabled roof of gray slate is surmounted by a central spire.E commander of 29th Regiment, ohio Volunteer Infantry. of structure was severely damaged by a sewer line explosion in 1977 and Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric _ archeology-historic _ conservation . law _ science . agriculture _ economics - literature _ sculpture - education - military _ social/ _ art - music X 1800-1899 X 1900- _ industry -politics/government - transportation -other (specify) Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) centerpiece, Memorial Chapel, is a superlative example of the high Vic- Memorial Chapel was erected in 1875-76 at a cost of $25,000 with funds Akron Rural Cemetery, chartered in 1839, was headed for the first 41 years 1500-1599 1700-1799 1400-1499 engineering invention communications Period humanitarian Specific dates Cemetery. local architect of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, that reason and because it is bounded on the north by Glendale Avenue, other Akron buildings that are truly representative of the high Victorian together with the handsome bell tower, complement Memorial Chapel by their 8. Significance The four stone structures at the main entrance of the cemetery constitute torian Gothic style and one of the finest buildings designed by a notable The chapel is listed in the historic was completed.

(Chapel siting and are in architectural harmony with it. Hall at the University of Akron.) and Bell Gothic style: St.Paul's Sunday School and Parish House, 354 E. Market St. army who died in the Civil War. Market St.; and the Kaiser Building,325 S. Main St.,which has suffered landmark survey that was conducted in 1978 for the city of Akron's Depart- - commerce _theater -archeology-prehistoric - community planning - landscape architecture - religion X architecture . exploration/settlement - philosophy Frank O. Weary. Frank O. Weary- (Other buildings by Mr. Weary include the Akron Art greatly from street level "modernization" since the landmark survey figures and a son of the city's co-founder, General Simon Perkins. As the Nonetheless, the corporate name remains Akron Rural 1600-1699 Tower the caretaker's residence. That survey recorded only three ment of Planning and Urban Development.

by that name. the most significant group of Gothic buildings in the city of Akron.The years passed, the cemetery's environs became more urban than rural.For raised by Buckley Post, Grand Army of the Republic: Institute, which was formerly the city's Carnegie Library, and Buchtel It was dedicated people began to call it "Glendale" and it is now known to the public only (added to the National Register in 1976); Hammel-Actual College,57 E.

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Major Bibliographical References Memorial Chapel (Buckley Post No. 12, G.A.R., Akron, Ohio (Akron, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Quadrangle name - Quadrangle scale 1:24,000 then 300' E to fence; then 225' N along fence to starting point. State 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 date county 44313 code Easting organization Northing 1876) Zone national Akron West name/title Chief of Registration UMT References February 1980 State Historic Preservation Officer signature ACREAGE NOT VERIFIED Verbal boundary description and justification Beginning at north side of cemetery's main List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register Ohio 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated city or town For HCRS use only 9/27/80 7/180 1892), 232 f1.

telephone 216/867-5037 street & number . local according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service.

GPO 938 835 Acreage of nominated property - 282 Somerset Road UTM NOT VERIFIED Keeper of the National Register SHPO 1 Caretaker's Residence Scale AVENUE Akron Rural Cemetery Group PROSPECT JUL 2 4 1980 Sunmit Ohio 1 inch : 100 feet Bell Tower (1883) Cemetery Office (1903) (1869) CYPRESS SEP 2T 1980 Photos _ Inventory - REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Entered SEP 27 1980 Federal Register Entry KEEPER CONTROL OTHER ARCHEOLOGIST HAER Maps Send-back Re-submit Review HISTORIAN TECHNICAL BRANCH CHIEF United States Department of the Interior - Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up 2.3.81 Working Number 112480, 1944 State 9/26/80 Akron, Summit County, Ohio Akron, Ohio 44303 SEP 2T 1980 1979 944 Hereford Drive Akron Rural Cemetery Group General view, looking SW Walter A. Long 2 4 1980 Akron, Summit County, Ohio Walter A.

Long 2/ Memorial Chape1, 1ooking Nw JUL 2 4 1980 Akron Rural Cemetery Group 944 Hereford Drive 1979 Akron, Summit County, Ohio 1979 Caretaker's Residence 944 Hereford Drive Walter A. Long Akron, Ohio 44303 Akron Rural Cemetery Group Akron, Summit County, Ohio Caretaker's Residence, A looking west. (This removal necessitated by Akron Rural Cemetery Group structural weakness. It porch entry before Akron Beacon Journal 1977 plosion, shows gabled may be restored.) 1977 sewer line ex- 44 East Exchange Street photo, taken just afteg KRO Akron, Summit County, Ohio Office Building, 1979 Akron Rural Cemetery Group 944 Hereford Drive Walter A. Long 1ooking SE 1980 Akron, Summit County, Ohio JUL 2 4 1980 SEP271980 944 Hereford Drive Walter A.

Long Akron, Ohio 44303 , Bell Tower, looking Akron Rural Cemetery Group Group AKRON WEST, OHIO UNITED STATES AKRON WEST QUADRANGLE Akron, Summit County Easting : 17 455/850 Akron Rural Cemetery GEOLOGICAL SURVEY JL. 24 100) WILLIAM V. WALLACE, JR. AKRON, OHIO 44313 February 5, 1980 Mr. David A. Simmons, Manager Columbus, Ohio 43211 some changes and additions, which I have and American Development Corp. people. I've JUL 2 4 1980 Sincerely, NATIONAL March meeting. REGISTER National Register Program Here's my nomination for the Akron Rural Dear Dave: the National Register nomination for the Y With best regards, Ohio Historical Center was in Akron last week and recommended I enjoyed our recent meeting with the YMCA to you in time for the March meeting. application to Judy. Eric Johannesen looked this over when he directly to you.

and will soon be sending the certification I-71 and 17th Avenue I will try to get present it at the Preservation Board's 282 SOMERSET ROAD STATE OHIO SEP 2 7 1980- Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Mr. David Brook The Ohio Historfcal Society Honorable Clarence E. Miller Honorable Tony P. Hall Honorable John F. Seiberling 10-15-80 - For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Byers Name Akron Honorable Tennyson Guyer Date Entered ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Lisbon vicinity Also Notified Honorable John M. Ashbrook Honorable Douglas Applegate Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue State Historic Preservation Officer Location Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Sumit County Hostetter Inn Colunbus, Onio 43211 OHIO Akron Rural Cemetery Buildings Colubiana Coumey Sir 271980 Muskingum County McClelland, Harry S., House Bossler, Marcus, House Dayton Fire Station No.

14 For further information, please call the National Register at (202)343-6401. Location Dayton STATE Name Zanesville West Carrollton Bucyrus Mansoleum Shelby County Bucyrus Crawford County Church and Rectory Date Entered Adena Court Apartments Also Notified Schuter Carpenter Shop and House Sidney Courthouse Square Historic District Montgomery County ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Browmella Cottage and Grace Episcopal Sidney Galion