Save This Old House ~c.1853 Ohio Stone Greek Revival Reduced to Under $38K SOLD

1825 S Arlington St, Akron, OH 44306 $54,900 Reduced to $37,500 Sold for $36,500

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Save this old house. We first featured it back in April, but it has since been reduced to $37,500.

I spent way too much time attempting to find the history of this c.1853 stone Greek Revival. I thought I could gather information from the name inscribed on the front gable. It looks like L. Altman to me, but that led me nowhere.

Here is a possibility though. In 1882, Summit County purchased a 140-acre farm in Bette’s Corners for $15,000 for the purpose of building a home for orphan children. When citizens complained that this was too large a tract and too far from Akron, the city suspended improvements. In 1889, with monies from the sale of parcels from the Bette’s Corners farm, the city purchased the old Jewett farmstead on South Arlington Street at the far southeast corner of Akron.

I think the old Jewett homestead may be our featured home, but I am not entirely sure. If it is our old stone house, then in 1889 the home sat on seven acres, and the building was rehabbed into its new use as an orphan’s home. Eventually as Akron grew, citizens urged the city to build a modern, brick and steel structure for the children in another location.

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4beds
1.5baths
1,818sq ft
0.7acres lot
Build date 1853
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Realtor: SNYDER & SNYDER REAL ESTATE

REALTOR COMMENTS

Save This Old House: Old-House Lover needed for this major rehab project. 24 thick solid stone walls with hand tooling on the exterior. All original doors, moldings and trim. Most plaster needs to be gutted. Roughed in plumbing for two full baths. This is a very historic property just waiting for someone to love it again. The outbuilding has three overhead doors, skylights, and cement floor. The front half of the lot is zoned commercial and the rear half is zoned multi-family.