Monday, December 13 or Tuesday, December 14, 2021
PTP Membership Meeting
Tour the former home of Harvey Firestone Jr., Akron
This meeting is open to PTP members only.
Reservations are required; click HERE for detailed information.
Local Preservation Notes:
Partnership between PTP and the Friends of Keyser-Swain Farmhouse announced
In February of 2021, The City of Cuyahoga Falls announced the condemnation and future destruction of the historic Keyser-Swain Farmhouse in Cuyahoga Falls, located in Keyser Park. The City intended to raze the home to build a new state of the art event center in its place as a part of the Cuyahoga Falls Park and Recreation 2021 Continuous Improvemnt Plan. After numerous efforts and many years of the Northampton Historical Society trying to work with the City of Cuyahoga Falls and the Parks & Recreation Department, a new group called Friends of Keyser-Swain Farmhouse (FOKSF) as a last-ditch effort the save the farmhouse.
This year PTP partnered with the Friends of Keyser-Swain Farmhouse to assist in developing a solutions-oriented compromise plan with the City of Cuyahoga Falls to achieve historic preservation while promoting civic progress and partnership for community enrichment for the Keyser-Swain Farmhouse property.
To read more about the project and the history of the property, click HERE.
The former St. Paul's Episcopal Church was purchased
Back in mid-April 2018, the former St. Paul's Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Forge and East Market streets, was seriously damaged by fire. Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron (PTP) had been in conversation with The University of Akron about this at-risk property for some time before this event, and hoped to recommend some options for adaptive reuse of this historically and architecturally significant building on the UA campus.
More recently, in a closed bidding process through the State of Ohio, local preservationist, Tony Troppe, won the bid to purchase the property from The University of Akron. As more information becomes available about Mr. Troppe's intentions for the property, we will provide updates.
Related to this, an article was published in the Akron Beacon Journal on July 22, 2021.
To read entire article, click HERE.
PTP Membership Meeting
Tour the former home of Harvey Firestone Jr., Akron
This meeting is open to PTP members only.
Reservations are required; click HERE for detailed information.
Local Preservation Notes:
Partnership between PTP and the Friends of Keyser-Swain Farmhouse announced
In February of 2021, The City of Cuyahoga Falls announced the condemnation and future destruction of the historic Keyser-Swain Farmhouse in Cuyahoga Falls, located in Keyser Park. The City intended to raze the home to build a new state of the art event center in its place as a part of the Cuyahoga Falls Park and Recreation 2021 Continuous Improvemnt Plan. After numerous efforts and many years of the Northampton Historical Society trying to work with the City of Cuyahoga Falls and the Parks & Recreation Department, a new group called Friends of Keyser-Swain Farmhouse (FOKSF) as a last-ditch effort the save the farmhouse.
This year PTP partnered with the Friends of Keyser-Swain Farmhouse to assist in developing a solutions-oriented compromise plan with the City of Cuyahoga Falls to achieve historic preservation while promoting civic progress and partnership for community enrichment for the Keyser-Swain Farmhouse property.
To read more about the project and the history of the property, click HERE.
The former St. Paul's Episcopal Church was purchased
Back in mid-April 2018, the former St. Paul's Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Forge and East Market streets, was seriously damaged by fire. Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron (PTP) had been in conversation with The University of Akron about this at-risk property for some time before this event, and hoped to recommend some options for adaptive reuse of this historically and architecturally significant building on the UA campus.
More recently, in a closed bidding process through the State of Ohio, local preservationist, Tony Troppe, won the bid to purchase the property from The University of Akron. As more information becomes available about Mr. Troppe's intentions for the property, we will provide updates.
Related to this, an article was published in the Akron Beacon Journal on July 22, 2021.
To read entire article, click HERE.