National Register of Historic Places
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Headquarters
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
The record
- Listed
- August 27, 2013
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 1144 E. Market St., Akron
- County
- Summit
- State
- Ohio
- Contributing resources
- 1 building, 1 structure, 1 site
- Coordinates
- 41.06592, -81.48427
- Reference number
- 13000683
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The story
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The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Headquarters is a building at 1144 E. Market St. in Akron, in Summit County. Construction dates from 1909 to 1973, combining the Early 20th Century Commercial style of the original plant with the Late Modern style of its 1972-1973 conversion into headquarters.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C with Criteria Consideration G, carrying state-level significance in commerce, industry, invention and transportation. Its period of significance runs from 1909 to 1973, spanning Plant No. 1's construction and 1972-1973 conversion into headquarters.
Physical character
The walls combine brick, sandstone, clay block, concrete block and metal panels on concrete and clay block foundations, under stone, terra cotta and asphalt roofing. The clock tower was added in 1916 and renovated in 1984, and the 1973 conversion modernized the East Market Street facade with metal panels.
Historical context
Goodyear was founded by Frank and Charles Seiberling in 1898, and its office building, expanded between 1900 and 1914, grew into the Plant No. 1 manufacturing complex that operated until 1973. Paul Litchfield became factory superintendent in 1900 and was elected president in 1926, and at the time of its listing the building was used for commerce and trade.