Well that is interesting. Furnace St. I believe because the bridge was not built back then. Furnace st is one North of Perkins that I mentioned. It is now a dead end into the railroad. Cedar st back then must have been the last one at the South end. Broadway High Main In that order from East to West run parallel, but I'm sure there was no Broadway back then. At the south end Main dead ends into Bartges and you go a block East to High which is one way South. Broadway is one way North. Where it intersects with Broadway it then becomes S. Main St. To the North Broadway dead ends into Perkins as does High st and Main. However, from Perkins you jump on the All American Bridge which becomes N. Main St. on the other side. It is all very confusing. I'm looking at Yahoo Maps and typed in High and Broadway, Akron, Ohio High St. on there is Rt. 261 you'll see Broadway next it. If you follow the map South you'll see W. Exchange then W. Cedar where you say the map in 1874 stops. Now High st appears to change names at W. Bartges and turns into S. Main. Keep following the map south and you see where it runs under I 76 ??? See how if you keep going south Main and Broadway turn into one? OK now open another browser window and type in Yahoo Maps 1219 S. Main St. Akron, OH That puts you in the Firestone Park area of homes around Gregory and Highbrook and Stanton. These are old homes and very old neighborhoods. This would be my best guess.... You would need to check with the sources I mentioned before or possibly contact the recorders office. http://www.co.summit.oh.us/fiscaloffice/defaultwebapps.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oakwood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [OHSUMMIT-L] 1219 South High Street, Akron > Hi Janean, > > I actually have a copy of an Akron map from 1874 showing that High > Street runs parallel to Main Street, at least from Cedar to Furnace > St.. THey both appear to extend farther south but that area isn't > included on this old map. When I look at a current map it is hardly > recognizable. It appears the most of the roads are different except for > Main St., which appears it might have a somewhat different alignment in > spots. Maybe High street was shortened and the block I'm looking for no > longer exists. > > Joe > > On May 3, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Janean Ray wrote: > > > If you look at the map again you will notice that High street to the > > North > > of Market intersects with Broadway and turns into the All American > > Bridge > > and at the North end turns into N. Main St. > > > > At the South end High St. and Broadway intersect again and once again > > becomes them S. Main St. > > > > High St itself only extends from Bartges to the South to Perkins to the > > North. I work downtown Akron. So back in 1880 what is now called > > Main St. > > could have been then High St. You should check with the Summit County > > Historical Society or the Summit County Library Akron > > > > http://www.ascpl.lib.oh.us/ > > http://www.summithistory.org/ > > > > Janean > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Oakwood" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:58 PM > > Subject: [OHSUMMIT-L] 1219 South High Street, Akron > > > > > >> Census records indicate that an ancestor of mine lived at 1219 South > >> High Street in Akron in 1880. Searching for the location on Mapquest I > >> find that the house numbers on South High Street don't go up to 1219. > >> I > >> see there is a 1219 South High Ave. but I don't believe it's the right > >> location. Does anyone know about a renumbering of house numbers of if > >> High Street was altered? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Joe in Minneapolis > >> > >> > >> ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== > >> Visti the USGenWeb project to get more information from other States. > >> http://www.usgenweb.org > >> > > > > > > > > ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== > > Search the OHSUMMIT mailing list archive at > > http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== > Search Federal Land Patent Databases, including Ohio at > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ >

Hi Janean, I think your theory is a good one. I will try to find out if that section of Main street was later turned into part of Main St. Joe On May 4, 2006, at 12:24 PM, Janean Ray wrote: > Well that is interesting. Furnace St. I believe because the bridge > was not > built back then. Furnace st is one North of Perkins that I mentioned. > It > is now a dead end into the railroad. > > Cedar st back then must have been the last one at the South end. > > Broadway > High > Main > > In that order from East to West run parallel, but I'm sure there was no > Broadway back then. At the south end Main dead ends into Bartges and > you go > a block East to High which is one way South. Broadway is one way > North. > Where it intersects with Broadway it then becomes S. Main St. > > To the North Broadway dead ends into Perkins as does High st and Main. > However, from Perkins you jump on the All American Bridge which > becomes N. > Main St. on the other side. It is all very confusing. > > I'm looking at Yahoo Maps and typed in High and Broadway, Akron, Ohio > > High St. on there is Rt. 261 you'll see Broadway next it. If you > follow the > map South you'll see W. Exchange then W. Cedar where you say the map > in 1874 > stops. Now High st appears to change names at W. Bartges and turns > into S. > Main. > > Keep following the map south and you see where it runs under I 76 ??? > See > how if you keep going south Main and Broadway turn into one? OK now > open > another browser window and type in Yahoo Maps 1219 S. Main St. Akron, > OH > > That puts you in the Firestone Park area of homes around Gregory and > Highbrook and Stanton. These are old homes and very old neighborhoods. > This would be my best guess.... You would need to check with the > sources I > mentioned before or possibly contact the recorders office. > http://www.co.summit.oh.us/fiscaloffice/defaultwebapps.htm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Oakwood" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:54 PM > Subject: Re: [OHSUMMIT-L] 1219 South High Street, Akron > > >> Hi Janean, >> >> I actually have a copy of an Akron map from 1874 showing that High >> Street runs parallel to Main Street, at least from Cedar to Furnace >> St.. THey both appear to extend farther south but that area isn't >> included on this old map. When I look at a current map it is hardly >> recognizable. It appears the most of the roads are different except >> for >> Main St., which appears it might have a somewhat different alignment >> in >> spots. Maybe High street was shortened and the block I'm looking for >> no >> longer exists. >> >> Joe >> >> On May 3, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Janean Ray wrote: >> >>> If you look at the map again you will notice that High street to the >>> North >>> of Market intersects with Broadway and turns into the All American >>> Bridge >>> and at the North end turns into N. Main St. >>> >>> At the South end High St. and Broadway intersect again and once again >>> becomes them S. Main St. >>> >>> High St itself only extends from Bartges to the South to Perkins to >>> the >>> North. I work downtown Akron. So back in 1880 what is now called >>> Main St. >>> could have been then High St. You should check with the Summit >>> County >>> Historical Society or the Summit County Library Akron >>> >>> http://www.ascpl.lib.oh.us/ >>> http://www.summithistory.org/ >>> >>> Janean >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Oakwood" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 11:58 PM >>> Subject: [OHSUMMIT-L] 1219 South High Street, Akron >>> >>> >>>> Census records indicate that an ancestor of mine lived at 1219 South >>>> High Street in Akron in 1880. Searching for the location on >>>> Mapquest I >>>> find that the house numbers on South High Street don't go up to >>>> 1219. >>>> I >>>> see there is a 1219 South High Ave. but I don't believe it's the >>>> right >>>> location. Does anyone know about a renumbering of house numbers of >>>> if >>>> High Street was altered? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Joe in Minneapolis >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== >>>> Visti the USGenWeb project to get more information from other >>>> States. >>>> http://www.usgenweb.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== >>> Search the OHSUMMIT mailing list archive at >>> http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>> >> >> >> ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== >> Search Federal Land Patent Databases, including Ohio at >> http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ >> > > > > ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== > Visit the OHGenWeb Summit County Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohsummit >