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29-613: An early predecessor of Akron Public Library (now known as Akron-Summit County Public Library) was the subscription library, the Akron Lyceum and Library Association Company formed in 1834 "for the promotion of literary pursuits." The Akron Library Association was formed in 1866 with a reading room in the Masonic Temple at South Howard Street and East Mill Street. Another predecessor of the Akron Public Library

58-519: A Carnegie library building, from 1948 to 1981. It has grown considerably since 1922. The new museum was open to the public on July 17, 2007, and hosts visiting shows from national and international collections. The Akron Art Museum features 20,000 square feet (1,900 m ) of gallery space dedicated to the display of its collection of art produced since 1850. The museum also hosts visiting shows from national and international collections. 1850–1950 Western art created between 1850 and 1950 graces

87-502: A new building. Discussions took place about relocating the library, but the final decision was to remain at its present location and expand. Due to the nature of the expansion, all materials and staff were relocated to a temporary location. In May 2001, Main Library closed its doors and began the move to a former DIY store on East Tallmadge Avenue. For more than three years Main Library operated from this facility until October 10, 2004, when

116-654: Is an art museum in Akron, Ohio , United States. The museum first opened on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute . It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library. The Institute offered classes in arts appreciation which were organized by Edwin Coupland Shaw and his wife Jennifer Bond Shaw . Its first permanent home was the Akron Public Library ,

145-426: Is currently occupied by Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC. It was the first permanent home of the Akron Art Institute , from 1948 to 1981. It is a monumental one-story block building, faced with "smooth-dressed coursed ashlar of Ohio buff sandstone. Elements of Beaux Arts style are its colossal columns, its detailed entablature , and parapet . Elements of French Renaissance sub-style are its mansard roof,

174-533: Is featured in eight rooms located in the museum's 2007 Knight building. These galleries reflect the eclectic style of late twentieth-century art through examples of postmodern painting and sculpture, photorealism and Pop Art . On view are Chuck Close 's Linda , an oversize early painting; Andy Warhol 's silk-screened Single Elvis and Brillo Boxes ; and Ohio carver and preacher Elijah Pierce 's animated relief sculpture The Wise and Foolish Virgins and Four Other Scenes . Major temporary exhibitions are housed on

203-573: Is located on the north-east corners of East Market Street and South High Street in downtown Akron, Ohio , United States . Also known as the Carnegie Building, it was built in 1904 using a donation of $ 82,000 from U.S. industrialist Andrew Carnegie . It was designed by Akron architect Frank O. Weary and is an example of Beaux Arts Classicism. It served as Akron's public library from 1904 to 1942, and as an art museum from 1922 to 1932 before being converted to office space. The building

232-444: The "Roof Cloud", a 327-foot (100 m)-long cantilevered steel and aluminum armature extends over the old and the new, creating a striking landmark for Akron's downtown which a critic once described as "a mechanical alligator snarfing down a Beaux Arts post office." The expansion dramatically increased the museum's ability to present traveling exhibitions and to organize its own distinctive exhibitions. The expansion also allows for

261-865: The Ellet Branch, the North Hill Branch, and the Odom Boulevard Branch. The Akron Art Library is a project of the Akron Art Museum in partnership with the Akron-Summit County Public Library. The Akron-Summit County Public Library has 18 branch libraries located throughout the city of Akron and Summit County: East Branch Library (now known as the Goodyear Branch Library), the first branch library to have its own building,

290-719: The High Street level), foreign language collections, the Library Express Delivery Service (LEDS), Patent and Trademark Resource Center, business resources, and grantsmanship materials. Accessibility services available at Main Library include the Accessibility Zone with NLS talking book program and Braille books (both of which can be checked out), Large Print Keyboards and Magnisight CCTV, sensory inclusive items (sensory bags, weighted laptops and Quiet Zones). Social Stories (available through

319-724: The KultureCity app at the Main Library and all 18 branch libraries), dementia inclusive resources, Same Day Select Service, Homebound Assistance (with the Library Express Home Delivery Service or LEDS), Vision Assistance (with large print books and audiobooks) and Hearing Assistance (with sign language interpreters). The Akron Art Library is located on the Second Floor of Main Library at 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio, 44326, and also at

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348-516: The building of 1,679 public Carnegie libraries in the United States. The building, at the corner of East Market Street and South High Street, is now office space. The library occupied this building until 1942 when its growing collection necessitated a move to larger quarters in the former Akron Beacon Journal building located at the corner of East Market Street and Summit Street. As early as 1958, Library officials began discussions regarding

377-464: The dedication ceremony was held on April 27, 1969. On May 30, 1974, the name of the library was changed from the Akron Public Library to the Akron-Summit County Public Library when the library officially changed its organization from a school district and extension center library to a county district library. Changing technology and expanding services to a growing population necessitated an expanded Main Library. In 1996, library officials began to plan for

406-503: The display of major, rarely seen works, including Elliot Torrey 's Surf , the first work to enter the Akron Art Institute's collection in 1923. "The design embraces the past, rather than replacing or destroying it", said Coop Himmelb(l)au founder, and principal architect for the project, Wolf D. Prix . "It uses architecture to create a public space within the city and a private space within our own souls-reinventing both

435-569: The eighteenth and newest branch, the Springfield-Lakemore Branch, opened in Lakemore Plaza. The library's outreach services began in 1946, with bookmobile service to rural communities. Today, Mobile Services continues to extend library services beyond library buildings to children and adults in a number of different settings. Two bookmobiles visit schools, daycare centers, Head Start programs, and neighborhoods during

464-497: The first floor of the museum's 1899 Italian Renaissance revival style building. The first two rooms feature examples of turn-of-the-century realism and American impressionism . Two rooms explore modernism and regionalism in northeast Ohio from 1910 through 1950. A final room is dedicated entirely to the work of William Sommer , a northeast Ohio artist. These galleries include paintings by Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Frederick Carl Frieseke . 1950 to Now Art since 1950

493-768: The homebound via U.S. Postal Service. Postage is paid both ways by the Library. The Akron-Summit County Public Library is considered to be a county library system with branch libraries located throughout the City of Akron, and in cities, towns and villages throughout Summit County, but it does not have branch libraries in Barberton , Cuyahoga Falls , Hudson , Peninsula , Stow - Munroe Falls , or Twinsburg which are serviced by their own smaller independent libraries. 41°5′0.2″N 81°31′0.1″W  /  41.083389°N 81.516694°W  / 41.083389; -81.516694 Akron Public Library The Akron Public Library

522-667: The library officially opened to the public on the second floor of the Masonic Temple that was located on the corner of South Howard Street and East Mill Street. In October 1898, the recently established public library moved from the Masonic Temple to the second floor of the Everett Building on East Market Street and North Main Street. The library grew rapidly and in August 1904, it moved to a new building funded by steel baron Andrew Carnegie who, in his retirement, provided funding for

551-477: The library's rear South Main Street entrance. When the Library was officially established in 1874, a large collection of German language books was established for the many German-speaking residents of the time. In 1929, a Readers’ Advisory service was established for the purpose of providing reference and programming service to groups and educational institutions. Books, recordings, research databases, programs for children and adults, classes, meeting rooms (located on

580-467: The microfilm machines); TechZone@Main (a makerspace ); and Teen. The library also has a section with old magazines and reference books. The Main Library is a selective federal depository library . Main Library has a 425-seat auditorium (located on the High Street level), a used bookstore, and a café. An interior walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. Main Library also has an outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park outside of

609-493: The museum's 1899 building utilizing contrasting, surprising and fanciful visual elements: The "Crystal", a three-story glass lobby that serves as the public entry and as the focal visual space connecting the museum's artistic, educational, administrative, and public programming; the "Gallery Box", comprising the Arnstein, Haslinger, Bidwell and Isroff Galleries, accommodates the museum's collection and temporary exhibitions; and

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638-434: The need for a new Main Library. Library Director Russell Munn felt strongly that this new building should be located on South Main Street. In 1962, a bond issue was legislated that would provide $ 3 million for the construction of the new library. Ground was broken on September 15, 1965, and the doors to the 148,300 square feet (13,777.52 m) Main Library on South Main Street and South High Street opened on March 24, 1969, and

667-630: The newly renovated and expanded 300,000 square feet (27,870.91 m) Main Library on South High Street and South Main Street reopened its doors to the community and was rededicated. Main Library is located at 60 South High Street, Akron, Ohio, 44326. It has seven Special Divisions: Business, Government & Science (includes History and magazines and newspapers); a 12,000 square feet (1,114.84 m) Children's Library; Culture & AV (includes Humanities; fine arts and music; and fiction); Mobile Services; Special Collections (includes Akron History, Summit County History, Ohio History & Genealogy, along with

696-560: The projecting front pavilion, and the "grotesque mask above the entry". It was regarded as one of Weary's best works. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1983. This article about a property in Summit County, Ohio on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Akron Art Museum The Akron Art Museum

725-569: The school year and in the summer. A van serves many senior citizens’ housing facilities and apartments using carts of materials brought inside to residents. Nursing homes and other residential facilities receive monthly deliveries of library materials. Mobile Services supports the men and women's libraries at the Summit County Jail and provides regular service to other correctional facilities for both adults and children. The Library Express Delivery Service (LEDS) provides library materials to

754-616: The second floor of the Knight Building. These exhibitions include traveling shows, such as American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell , and shows organized by the museum, such as A Shared Vision: The Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Photography Collection . The museum also features more than 2,000 square feet (190 m ) used for intimate exhibitions of emerging or mid-career artists, community-based art projects and changing exhibitions of photographic media. The 63,000-square-foot (5,900 m ) John S. and James L. Knight Building

783-487: Was constructed in 1939. Prior to that, branch libraries were in locations as diverse as the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's recreational hall, a department store, a church, and a local school. Sixteen of the branch libraries were replaced and one branch (Goodyear) underwent extensive renovations between 1999 and 2008 to accommodate the growing needs of current residents throughout Akron and Summit County. In 2018,

812-527: Was designed by the Viennese architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au following an international competition. The firm was chosen in part for its adaptive use of historic buildings, and the Knight Building is the firm's first public project in the Americas. Ground breaking for the new building was held on May 22, 2004. Coop Himmelb(l)au's design integrates additional gallery space, an auditorium and café with

841-699: Was the subscription library, the Akron Mechanic's Library, founded in 1870. In 1874 the Akron Library Association became the Akron Public Library. On January 26, 1874, the Akron City Council established an ordinance to provide a free public library for Akron. On February 27, 1874, the Board of Trustees of the newly formed library met for the first time, with John R. Buchtel serving as the first board president. On March 1, 1874,

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