Akron's Hower House Profiled


	Akron's Hower House Profiled

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1-28-2009 8:14 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e0fca621-4a1e-4c56-94f5-6ca64fa031bd/A2DAE2DE-2CBE-43C6-863A-E9486DDC264F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.thesuburbanite.com/news/business/x565954098/Victorian-elegance-found-at-historic-Hower-House" href="http://www.thesuburbanite.com/news/business/x565954098/Victorian-elegance-found-at-historic-Hower-House" style="font-size: 11px;">www.thesuburbanite.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesuburbanite.com/news/business/x565954098/Victorian-elegance-found-at-historic-Hower-House"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.thesuburbanite.com/img/30C5A23E-FBC4-43AF-98D3-ADE5979C5CF0" alt="Hower House" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesuburbanite.com/news/business/x565954098/Victorian-elegance-found-at-historic-Hower-House"><P>Akron is privileged to have a beautiful historical landmark in the heart of the citiy. The Hower House is a Victorian style home that was built in 1871 by Akron Industrialist John Hower with the assistance of John Henry. The house is built in the Second Italianate style and covers over two acres of land beside the University of Akron. The mansion is three floors and has a ballroom on the top floor. The Hower family occupied the home for 100 years spanning three generations.  The Hower family donated the Hower House to The University of Akron in 1971.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesuburbanite.com/news/business/x565954098/Victorian-elegance-found-at-historic-Hower-House"><P>Hower was a leading industrialist in the cereal industry. The Hower Oats Company was a fixture in Akron until it was sold to the Quaker Oats Company. The house is known as a lasting symbol of an era of elegance in America.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thesuburbanite.com/news/business/x565954098/Victorian-elegance-found-at-historic-Hower-House"><P>The Hower House is funded by private donations, Friends of Hower House, Hower House Victorians and The University of Akron. The efforts of the volunteer groups keep the Hower House in beautiful condition and well managed.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A2DAE2DE-2CBE-43C6-863A-E9486DDC264F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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