Hower House - The University of Akron

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60 Fir Hill
Akron, OH 44325
(330) 972-6909

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Hours

Thursday - Saturday, 12 - 3 pm
Sunday, 1 - 4 pm
Closed Monday - Wednesday

Details

The Hower House was completed in 1871 and was built by John Henry Hower, a leading Akron industrialist who was active in the milling, reaping, and cereal industries. Hower and his wife, Susan Youngker Hower, moved from Doylestown, Ohio, to Akron in 1865. Hower, along with Jacob Snyder, a well-known Akron architect, designed this house in the Second Empire Italianate style. This 28-room mansion is capped with a distinctive mansard roof and soaring tower. The unusual floor plan was based on the” “Akron Plan,” developed by Jacob Snyder and widely used in church constructions as part of the “Sunday School movement” across the United States between 1870 and 1917. The mansion is filled with hundreds of treasures and furnishings the Hower family collected from around the world.

The first floor of the Museum, Carriage House, Gardens, and Grounds is open to the public for tours.

Upcoming Events

• A Magnificent Menagerie: Creatures Great and Small
  Saturday, Dec 21, 2024  12pm - 3pm
• A Magnificent Menagerie: Creatures Great and Small
  Sunday, Dec 22, 2024  1pm - 4pm
• A Magnificent Menagerie: Creatures Great and Small
  Thursday, Dec 26, 2024  12pm - 3pm
• A Magnificent Menagerie: Creatures Great and Small
  Friday, Dec 27, 2024  12pm - 3pm
• A Magnificent Menagerie: Creatures Great and Small
  Saturday, Dec 28, 2024  12pm - 3pm