Laurel's Travels - Akron, Ohio

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I decided to visit the Stan Hywet Halls & Gardens on this day. It was overcast and drizzling. In fact, most of the pictures I took below, were taken in a light drizzle. I did go on a tour of the Manor House, but there are no pictures of the inside of the house because they are not allowed. Normally I try to sneak a few non-flash photos in cases like this but I was touring with only two other people, so I would have been caught. I do recommend the tour of the house. It has been meticulously persevered and restored. The guides are very knowledgeable about the house and the Seiberling family.

Stan Hywet Halls & Gardens
http://www.stanhywet.org/

Stan Hywet was not a person, so I will get that bit of information out of the way first. Stan Hywet means "stone quarry" in old English. The home on this estate was built between 1912-15 in the Tudor Revival Style. The home was built by Franklin Augustus Seiberling co-founder of both the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and the Seiberling Rubber Company. The Manor House (65 rooms) is surrounded by 70 acres of grounds and gardens. In 1957, the Seiberling family donated Stan Hywet to a non-profit organization. Today it is Akron's only National Historic Landmark.

Map of the grounds
Click on the image above to see a larger version

The Carriage House and Museum Store
This is where you enter. There is also a
small museum inside with a display that
tells you about the property.

View of the Manor House from the Carriage House

Whimsical iron artwork is all over the grounds at Stan Hywet. I could not find any reference to it anywhere on their website or in the brochures I received when I visited here. If someone knows, please Contact Me...

	The sign in front of the Great Meadow. It says, "Great English houses are often set amid broad lawns ornamented by groves of trees. Warren Manning (1860-1938), the distinguished American landscape architect responsible for Stan Hywet's landscape plan, designed it as an open space featuring an entrance drive through an apple orchard toward the house, thus providing a country setting.
	Autumn foliage on the trees lining the entrance drive to the house

At the time of my visit, the Stan Hywet was displaying tree houses on the grounds in a display called "Treemendous Treehouse" This tree house in the Great Meadow, is titled "A LEAF'S eye view" by Team 4 Architects of Akron
	Map of the grounds that was in the Map & Visitor Guide. Click on it to see larger image.