Comment on Local history: Elegant, restricted Fairlawn Heights was advertised as elite retreat 100 years ago

Local history: Elegant, restricted Fairlawn Heights was advertised as elite retreat 100 years ago

Away from the soot and strife of industrial Akron, “Ohio’s Most Beautiful Suburb” arose like a utopian enclave on the outskirts of town.Developers promised 100 years ago that 1,000-acre Fairlawn Heights would rival the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights in elegance and attractiveness.The Akron Development Co., led by President Hugh M.

 

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