Akron’s Glendale Steps, located along Glendale Avenue in downtown Akron, are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, according to Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron.
AKRON, Ohio – If you’ve driven along Glendale Avenue in West Akron, you might have noticed the old sandstone steps that seemingly lead to nowhere.National Register of Historic PlacesOriginally, the $22,000 project was designed to connect South Walnut Street to a city park along Glendale Avenue, but funds dried up and the park was never built, according to Local nonprofit Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron.
“These steps are so cool, they are just sitting there right now but we’d really like to highlight them, fix them up and let people know about them so they can go there,” Courtney Zimmerman, a PTP board member and architectural historian who wrote the project nomination toldThe Glendale Steps qualified for the national register because of their architectural significance and their tie to the Works Progress Administration, a Great Depression-era initiative that employed millions of people to...
“We’re hoping that this designation helps people know about the steps and consider it as a place for prom photos, running or even just a place to hang out,” she said. “It has a lot of potential.”
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