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HABS OHIO,67-KENT,2- (sheet 7 of 11) - Franklin Township Hall, 218 Gougler Avenue, Kent, Portage County, OH
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HABS OHIO,67-KENT,2- (sheet 7 of 11) - Franklin Township Hall, 218 Gougler Avenue, Kent, Portage County, OH
Depicted place Ohio; Portage County; Kent
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS OHIO,67-KENT,2- (sheet 7 of 11)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This building was built in 1839 as an office for the Franklin Land Company. The Land Company went bankrupt before completion and the township took possession and completed it as their meeting hall. In 1859 James A. Garfield was nominated for state senator representing Summit and Portage counties. This was the start of a political career that later took him to the White House. Also in 1859 the bell in the tower was tolled on house for the death of John Brown, the famous abolitionist, who was a resident of Kent (Franklin Mills) from 1835 to 1840. Since then the building was had a wide variety of uses including a school, a playhouse for a local dramatics group, and an office building. In 1940 when it was used as an office building extensive alterations were made. These included a new bell tower, a new entrance, a new basement and the removal of the fireplaces. It is currently used for the administrative offices of the Kent Board of Education.
  • Survey number: HABS OH-2245
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/oh0033.sheet.00007a
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Object location41° 09′ 13″ N, 81° 21′ 29.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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