Akron Fulton International Airport Administration Building is a registered historic building in

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, listed in the National Register on December 21, 2001. The administration building is a significant contribution to the development of early commercial aviation in Akron. Its Art Deco architecture and its design are a good representation of the development of airports during the first major expansion of air travel in the 1920s and 1930s. The administration building is located just north of the runways and the

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, which was built in 1929. The Akron City Council authorized construction of the terminal in 1930, with construction completed and the terminal opening on June 15, 1931. The location and layout of the terminal was influenced by the City Beautiful movement, originally reached through a landscaped

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and at the end of a boulevard-like parking area with lines of trees. The terminal building is in an

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style, with a facade built of cream-colored brick and

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detailing with cream, muted orange, and soft green colors. The terminal served commercial air traffic until 1962, when the Akron–Canton Airport opened to the south. The customs and administrative offices continued to serve traffic from Canada, as well as small aircraft traffic, until the early 1990s. At that time, the property was sold, and the terminal was adaptively reused as Cafe Piscatelli, an Italian restaurant. The Cafe Piscatelli closed doors for good on August 26, 2005. It has since been adaptatively reused a second time as a facility for locally-based Theken Companies.

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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Office buildings in Akron, Ohio Art Deco airports Art Deco architecture in Ohio Air transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Summit County, Ohio 1931 establishments in Ohio {{SummitCountyOH-NRHP-stub