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Summit County Courthouse (Ohio)

Coordinates: 41°4′46.4″N 81°31′1.6″W / 41.079556°N 81.517111°W / 41.079556; -81.517111
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Summit County Courthouse and Annex
Summit County Courthouse (Ohio) is located in Ohio
Summit County Courthouse (Ohio)
Summit County Courthouse (Ohio) is located in the United States
Summit County Courthouse (Ohio)
Location209 S. High St., Akron, Ohio
Coordinates41°4′46.4″N 81°31′1.6″W / 41.079556°N 81.517111°W / 41.079556; -81.517111
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectJ. Milton Dyer
Architectural styleSecond Renaissance Revival
NRHP reference No.74001625[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1974

Summit County Courthouse, (1905-1908) located at 209 South High Street, Akron, Ohio was designed in the Second Renaissance Style by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer.[2] The seated figures of Justice and Law were created by Cleveland sculptor Herman Matzen. Two powerful lions guard the South High Street side of the building.

Law
Justice

Dyer, a well known Cleveland, Ohio architect also worked with Cleveland sculptor Matzen again on the Lake County Courthouse, located in Painesville, Ohio, 1909.

The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Thrane, Susan W., photographs by Tom Patterson and Bill Patterson, ‘‘County Courthouses of Ohio‘‘, Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, 2000 p.168-170
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