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The Gothic Building is a historic building in
Akron, Ohio Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...
. It was designed by prominent Akron architect
Frank O. Weary Frank Orlando Weary (1849 – 1921) was an architect based in Akron, Ohio.Carnegie Library (
Akron Public Library The Akron Public Library is located on the north-east corners of East Market Street and South High Street in downtown Akron, Ohio, United States. Also known as the Carnegie Building, it was built in 1904 using a donation of $82,000 from U.S. ind ...
), county courthouses, and school buildings in Akron and other areas of Ohio, as well as significant buildings in other states. The Colonial Theatre was attached to the Gothic Building. The Gothic Building is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
. With Tax credits for the redevelopment of historic buildings have been used to redevelop it and other historic buildings in downtown Akron by Tony Troppe. The Gothic Building was documented for the
Historic American Buildings Survey Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes ...
. It is described as
Tudor revival architecture Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Akron, Ohio __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Akron, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Akron, Ohio, United States. Latit ...


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Italianate architecture in Ohio Tudor Revival architecture in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Summit County, Ohio Buildings and structures completed in 1902 1902 establishments in Ohio {{SummitCountyOH-NRHP-stub