This is a view looking west from near the Robinson and Howard monuments.
Akron Rural Cemetery began in 1839 as a 20-acre tract between West Center and South Maple Streets. The land was purchased from General Simon Perkins and Judge Leicester King. By 1890, the cemetery had grown to 57 acres.
A drawing based on this image appears on page 248 of Samuel Lane's Fifty Years and over of Akron and Summit County.
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