Akron Post Office and Federal Building is a historic former post office building in

Akron Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...

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. It was listed in the

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in 1983. The building was begun in 1927 and completed in 1929 to the designs of

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architects under Acting Supervising Architect James A. Wetmore. The building is an example of

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. It has not been used as a post office since 1975.NRHP Registration Form a
National Register of Historic Places – Summit County
Akron-Summit County Public Library.

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Federal buildings in the United States Buildings and structures in Akron, Ohio Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Summit County, Ohio Office buildings in Akron, Ohio {{SummitCountyOH-NRHP-stub