The Hower House was built in 1871 by John Henry Hower, by an Akron industrialist who was active in the milling, reaping and cereal industries. Hower and architect Jacob Snyder designed this house in the Second Empire Italianate style. The house has three floors with a ballroom on the third floor. This 28-room mansion is capped with a mansard roof and soaring tower, and is filled with hundreds of treasures and furnishings the Hower family collected from around the world.

The house was occupied by the Hower family for 100 years before it was deeded to The University of Akron in 1970. In 1973, Hower House was placed on the National Register for Historic Places.

 

 

 

60 Fir Hill

The University of Akron

Akron, Ohio 44325-2401

Phone: 330-972-6909

Fax: 330-384-2635

CONTACT: Sylvia Johnson sylvia5@uakron.edu

www3.uakron.edu/howerhse/