Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens

Infobox_nrhp | name =Stan Hywet Hall-Frank A. Seiberling House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = East face of the main hall
location= Akron, Ohio
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built =1911
architect= Charles S. Schneider, Warren H. Manning
architecture= Tudor Revival, Other
added = January 17, 1975
governing_body = Private
refnum=75002058cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens (70 acres) is a notable country estate, with gardens, located at 714 North Portage Path in Akron, Ohio. It is open Tuesday - Sunday, April 1 through December 30. Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens is closed to the public on Mondays, except Memorial Day and Labor Day. An admission fee is charged.

The estate was built between 1912 and 1915 for F. A. Seiberling, founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He gave it the name Stan Hywet, Old English for "stone quarry", to reflect the site's earlier use and the most prominent feature of the Estate. Architect Charles Sumner Schneider designed the Tudor Revival house, with Hugo F. Huber as interior decorator. Most of the furnishings came from New York City, but some were purchased in England. The estate grounds, originally above convert|1000|acre|km2 in extent, were designed between 1911-1915 by Boston landscape architect Warren H. Manning, and remain today one of the finest examples of his work. The English garden was redesigned in 1929 by Ellen Biddle Shipman. In 1957, the Seiberling family donated Stan Hywet to a non-profit organization for its preservation. It is now a historic house museum and country estate, open seasonally to the public --in keeping with the stone inscription above the Manor House front door, "Non nobis solum," meaning "Not for us alone."

Major gardens within the estate include the Birch Allee Vista, Breakfast Room Garden, the Dell, English Garden, Grape Arbor, Great Garden, Great Meadow, Japanese Garden, Lagoon, and West Terrace. The English Garden was designed by noted landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman. The largest of the Lagoon's pools measures convert|15|ft|m deep and was created from the site's quarry. The estate also includes a fine greenhouse, the Corbin Conservatory, designed by architect Charles Schneider. The Corbin Conservatory, replicated from the design of the original building, opened to the public in 2005.

See also

* List of botanical gardens in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.stanhywet.org/ Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens]
*cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9F05E6D61231F933A1575AC0A96E958260 |title=English Manor In the Heartland |author=Annasue McCleave Wilson |date= September 20, 1998 |work=New York Times