Stan Hywet Hall

714 North Portage Path, Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Completed in 1915, for Frank Seiberling (1859-1955), founder of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and his wife Gertrude Penfield (1866-1946). After touring over twenty English manors, the Seiberlings drew their principal inspiration for their sprawling Tudor-Revival pile from Haddon Hall, Compton Wynyates, and Ockwells Manor. It was designed by Charles Sumner Schneider, a native of Ohio who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and had been working in New York for "the Dean of American Architects" George B. Post. Only marginally smaller than Casa Loma in Toronto, it covers 64,500-square feet making it among the largest historic houses in North America. Today, it is open to the public as Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens....

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Frank Seiberling

F.A. (Francis Augustus) Seiberling; Founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Ohio

1859-1955

Gertrude (Penfield) Seiberling

Mrs Gertrude Ferguson (Penfield) Seiberling

1866-1946

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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 29/04/2022 and last updated on 22/05/2023.
Main Image Courtesy of Jack Boucher, LOC, Public Domain;

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