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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Akron, OH

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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is an attraction in Akron, OH, part of the Cleveland guide. Cost: under $25. Open April through December 30, closed Mondays; closed January through March.

714 N Portage Path · Akron, OH

Why you should go…

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is the Akron estate of F.A. Seiberling, co-founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, built from 1912 to 1915 as a Tudor Revival manor of 64,500 square feet. You can tour the Manor House, with a formal dining room that seats 40 and an indoor swimming pool. Outside, 70 acres hold the English Garden redesigned by Ellen Biddle Shipman, a Japanese Garden, the Gate Lodge and the Corbin Conservatory.

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  • #gardens
  • #house museum
  • #national historic landmark
  • #conservatory

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