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| Title | Perkins Stone Mansion |
| Date | n.d. |
| Description | Simon Perkins Stone Mansion on Perkins Hill at Copley and Diagonal roads in Akron, Ohio. Colonel Simon Perkins, son of Akron founder General Simon Perkins, built this Greek Revival mansion in 1837. The house is now owned and operated by the Summit County Historical Society. |
| Subject | Postcards
Perkins Mansion
Perkins Hill
Houses
Copley Road
Diagonal Road
Akron
Museums
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| Name | Perkins Family
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| Publisher | Wilbur Evans Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| Contributors | On Loan to the Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Type | Image
Text
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| Format | 5.5 in. x 3.5 in. |
| Source | RC_JohnBrown_14.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Ruth Wright Clinefelter Postcard Collection
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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. |
| Additional Information | http://summithistory.org/Community/museum_perkinsmansion.html |
| Transcript | Back of postcard: PERKINS MANSION, Akron, Ohio. This ornate mansion, with its beautiful, spacious grounds, is now a museum. This location, considered the birth-place of Akron, is at 530 Copley Road. Completed in 1837 and purchased by the Summit County Historical Society, the mansion contains some of its original furnishings and other historic items of Summit County. |
