{"nrhp_refnum":"72001046","name":"Old Akron Post Office","other_names":["United States Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"70 E. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Akron","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.084436769000035,"lon":-81.51497816099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A government-owned post office building at 70 East Market Street in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1895 in an Italian Renaissance-inspired design.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an unusual and important example of turn-of-the-century eclectic architecture. It uses the formal Italian Renaissance idiom economically, with fewer columns, stone carvings and costly details than comparable public buildings of its day. It is considered an important architectural statement for Akron, and possibly Ohio and the United States.","narrative":"Built in 1895 at 70 East Market Street in Akron, this former post office is a corner building about 106 feet wide and 68 feet deep, with a low-pitched hip roof and wide overhanging eaves. Its walls are deep red, hard-burned brick laid in Flemish bond, trimmed with limestone base and belt courses, and first-floor windows with brackets, architraves, consoles and pediments. A limestone entrance on the west is topped by a three-arched Tuscan loggia, and the north side has circular-headed openings and marble steps with a wrought iron railing. Inside, the public spaces retain marble wainscoting, terrazzo floors, wood paneling and arched, plaster-decorated ceiling bays. The nomination holds that the building is an unusual example of eclectic design, applying the Italian Renaissance style with restraint and at lower cost than comparable public buildings. It is described as an important architectural landmark for Akron and a visual anchor on a prominent corner. The architect is not named in the document.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Renaissance idiom within turn-of-the-20th-century eclectic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied, in good condition, with some deterioration and later alterations; preservation work is in progress.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.520808-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/72001046.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001046/4fe6b48386-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001046/4fe6b48386-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Akron_Post_Office_comprehensive.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Akron_Post_Office_comprehensive.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991515","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138689294"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/old-akron-post-office-72001046/"}