Summit County Courthouse (Ohio)


Summit County Courthouse and Annex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	209 S. High St., Akron, Ohio
Coordinates	41°4′46.4″N 81°31′1.6″W / 41.079556°N 81.517111°W / 41.079556; -81.517111Coordinates: 41°4′46.4″N 81°31′1.6″W / 41.079556°N 81.517111°W / 41.079556; -81.517111
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1908 (1908)
Architect	J. Milton Dyer
Architectural style	Second Renaissance Revival
NRHP Reference #	74001625^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1974

Summit County Courthouse, (1905-1908) located at 209 South High Street, Akron, Ohio was designed in the Second Renaissance Style by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer.^[2] The seated figures of Justice and Law were created by Cleveland sculptor Herman Matzen. Two powerful lions guard the South High Street side of the building.

Law

Justice

Dyer, a well known Cleveland, Ohio architect also worked with Cleveland sculptor Matzen again on the Lake County Courthouse, located in Painesville, Ohio, 1909.

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Thrane, Susan W., photographs by Tom Patterson and Bill Patterson, ‘‘County Courthouses of Ohio‘‘, Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, 2000 p.168-170

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