Overview
Colonel Simon Perkins, the son of Akron’s co-founder, General Simon Perkins, built the Greek Revival Perkins Stone Mansion, which was built between 1835 and 1837. Isaac Ladd of Warren, Ohio, possibly designed the mansion. The Summit County Historical Society purchased the mansion in 1945. The house, today a museum, interprets the Perkins family and Akron’s history.
Quick Facts
- Status
- Existing
- Locality or neighborhood
- Akron
- State or province
- Ohio
- Address
- 550 Copley Road
- Postal code
- 44320
