Glendale Steps

Glendale Steps is an Ohio historical marker in Summit County.

Summit County · Glendale Avenue, Akron, OH, 44302 -- On the N side of Glendale Avenue, SE from S Maple Street

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Side A: Built over a two-year period, from 1936-1937, by the Federal Works Progress Administration, the Glendale Steps survive as a monument to the work of stone craftsmen during the Great Depression. Spanning a 200-foot slope, the purpose of the Glendale Steps was to enable Akron residents to descend from South Walnut Street to a city park along Glendale Avenue. The 242 sandstone steps were dressed on site and hand laid by WPA laborers at a cost of $22,000. Depression-era budget problems prevented the City of Akron from completing planned improvements to the park. Side B: Same

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Marker data: Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection (Remarkable Ohio)

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Glendale Steps80 ft

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