Mr. Hower's Neighborhood - Walking Tour

Date and Time

Sunday, Jul 20, 2025 1:30pm

Location

Details

Mr. Hower's Neighborhood - Walking Tour presented by Dr. Alice Christie in partnership with Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and the Hower House Museum.
Sunday

July 20, 2025
(Rain Date - Sunday July 27th)
Start Time and Location - 1:30PM at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
50 N Prospect St, Akron, OH 44304

PARKING: There is ample parking in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church lot, located behind the Haven of Rest.
1:30 p.m. - Intro tour presentation/brief history of Holy Trinity (approximately an hour) - tour booklets handed out to participants (free parking)

2:30 p.m. - Self-guided neighborhood tour begins with the booklet (informational placards in place at each stop)

2:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Hower House Museum will be open for light refreshments and first floor tour (free parking)
This event is FREE and open to members of Hower House Museum Guild, Progress Through Preservation, guests, and the general public.

RSVPs are encouraged so we can make sure we have enough tour booklets on hand. Also, we will be able to contact you incase of needing to postpone due to weather.

Please call 330.972.6909 or email Dawn Wiltheiss (Hower House Museum) at dmm47@uakron.edu to RSVP.
The presentations will focus on both existing structures and those that have been lost over the passing decade, including biographical information on the homeowners. After the orientation, enjoy a stroll around the neighborhood where the locations of lost structures will be identified by placards to provide you with a sense of what once was a lovely residential neighborhood of stately homes.

Image:
Fir Hill looking South, c. 1889-1890
Hower House Museum Collection