BlockFrom the record
One of 180 National Register listings published here for Summit County · listed in 2007 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cole Avenue Housing Project Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Address. 744 Colette Dr., Akron
- When was it listed? October 2007
- Category. district
- National Register reference number. 07001090 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cole Avenue Housing Project Historic District in 2014, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | CANYON TRAIL |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cole Avenue Housing Project Historic District: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Limestone Company Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal | Producer | ||
| Ppg Indus Brine Wells Plant | Salt | Producer | ||
| Arlington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Barberton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Flesher Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hammond Brothers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hammond Brothers Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lerkis Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Portage Lakes Pit Number 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Riverside Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Newspapers printed here
2 papers2 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Akron Daily Democrat | 1892 to 1902 |
| Summit County Labor News | 1923 to 1976 |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Akron West quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schrader's Son, Inc. of Ohio Buildings | 1.1 miles | 2021 | |
 | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Headquarters | 1.4 miles | 2013 |
| Firestone Tire and Rubber Company | 1.5 miles | 2014 | |
 | Goodyear Hall-Ohio Savings and Trust Company | 1.5 miles | 2014 |
 | Viall Lodge | 1.5 miles | 1994 |
 | East Market Street Church of Christ | 1.7 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07001090 in Record Group 79. |
| Summit County | All 180 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.