Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens can be found at N Portage Path 714. The following is offered: Theater. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Akron there are 4 other Theater. An overview can be found here.

Who is Stan Hywet anyway? Nobody actually. In Old English, stan Hewitt meant "stone quarry", a once prominent feature on the grounds that is now the site of the garden lagoons.

The Scene
Akron's historic 89-year old mansion, and former home of rubber magnate F. A. Seiberling, is a feast for the eyes. The civic-minded Seiberling family entertained often at their...

Originally the Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens comprised of 3,000 acres (1214.06 hectares) in 1916 and was built amid 1912-1915 for F. A. Seiberling. It featured a Tudor Revival 65-room Manor House and the largest landscape gardens. Today the grand estate has seized down to 70 acres (28.33 hectares) yet is one of the most elegant mansions and ornate gardens of the country. The mansion is one of the...

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Each year thousands of visitors enjoy Stan Hywet's artfully landscaped gardens and grounds. Originally a vast estate of more than 1,000 acres, its remaining 70 acres provide an aura of beauty and color that flow into the natural surroundings. Designed between 1911 and 1915 by renowned American landscape architect Warren Manning, Stan Hywet's grounds represent one of the finest remaining...