Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens by Ian Adams

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens by Ian Adams

In 2015, F. A. and Gertrude Seiberling's country estate, Stan Hywet, will be one hundred years old. Unlike many mansions that were destroyed by the wrecking ball, the edifice in Akron, Ohio, still stands and visitors walk through its halls and gardens regularly. The stone quarry is the centerpiece for many events and ceremonies, as it was from the beginning when the Seiberlings opened its doors to employees, world-famous musicians, and corporate moguls.

The six-five-room Tudor Revival mansion exudes a sense of history. The house is noted for its intricate paneling, made from American oak, rosewood, and chestnut. Innovations in the home include a built-in vacuum system and a thirty-seven-station telephone/intercom system. The extensive gardens at Stan Hywet once encompassed over a thousand acres and were designed by renowned American landscape architect, Warren Manning. Today, seventy acres accompany the estate, including a formal English garden redesigned by Ellen Biddle Shipman in 1929 and restored in the 1990s; a Birch Tree All e; the Dell, a wild, naturalistic woodland garden; and a Japanese Garden.

Revised and updated for the anniversary with many new images, photographers Ian Adams and Barney Taxel portray the splendor of all four seasons at Stan Hywet. These vivid images depict the restored mansion in its magnificent setting, capturing the springtime charm of mayapples and periwinkle in the Dell, the classic elegance of Gertrude Seiberling's Music Room, and the stark grandeur of snow-covered oaks mirrored in a reflection pool. From spring mornings to Christmas celebrations, Steve Love narrates as the reader strolls through the rooms and halls of the mansion and rambles down the lanes through its magnificent gardens and into the lives of the Seiberlings.

With a foreword by F. A.'s grandson, former congressman John F. Seiberling, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens captures the Seiberling family motto, Non Nobis Solum, or, Not for Us Alone--a motto which remains engraved, to this day, above the entrance to the Manor House.

Love, Steve: - Steve Love is from Nowata, Oklahoma, a small town where his heart remains. He is an award-winning journalist and author of five previous books, including The Golden Dream, the story of Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame football coach. He also contributed to two Pulitzer Prizes won by the Akron Beacon Journal. In a 40-year career, he worked for newspapers coast to coast, including the Miami Herald, and has taught creative nonfiction writing. Versatile, he has written metro, feature, book, and editorial opinion, but the majority of his work has come in sports, to which he has returned in this memoir. He and his wife live in Green, Ohio.

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ISBN 13	9781884836596
ISBN 10	1884836593
Title	Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
Author	Ian Adams
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University Of Akron Press
Year published	2000-03-01
Number of pages	194
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.