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Simon Perkins Residence/The Stone House Staircase
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| Title | Simon Perkins Residence/The Stone House Staircase |
| Description | The Simon Perkins Residence also referred to as The Stone House, located at 550 Copley Road, is a Greek Revival home designed and built by Isaac Ladd. Alterations were made in c.1919-20. This stone mansion was built by Colonel Simon Perkins, Jr., the son of Akron's founder, General Simon Perkins. It was occupied by Simon and Grace Perkins and their eleven children, and then by their descendants until 1945 when was sold to the Summit County Historical Society and opened as an historic house museum. It contains some of the original furnishings and items connected with the early history of Summit County. Situated on ten acres, the house overlooks downtown Akron. |
| Names | Perkins, Simon
Ladd, Isaac
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| Subject | houses
Copley Road
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| Contributors | Summit County Historical Society
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| Date | 1837 |
| Type | Image
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| Source | SCHS-AH-2046 |
| Relation | Building Summit County
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| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Accession # | 2008-70-2046 |
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