THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
Hower House Museum
HISTORY
HOUSE
EVENTS
About the Hower House Museum
The Hower House was completed in 1871 and was built by John Henry Hower, a leading Akron industrialist who was active in the milling, reaping, and cereal industries. Hower and his wife, Susan Youngker Hower, moved from Doylestown, Ohio, to Akron in 1865. Hower, along with Jacob Snyder, a well-known Akron architect, designed this house in the Second Empire Italianate style. This 28-room mansion is capped with a distinctive mansard roof and soaring tower. The unusual floor plan was based on the” “Akron Plan,” developed by Jacob Snyder and widely used in church constructions as part of the “Sunday School movement” across the United States between 1870 and 1917. The mansion is filled with hundreds of treasures and furnishings the Hower family collected from around the world.
Read more about our history.
Announcements
We are currently closed for a major maintenance project that will dramatically improve our guests experiences and collection care. We are hoping to reopen late Spring 2023. At this time we will not be scheduling any events at Hower House Museum, private or public, through May 2023.
We will be keeping office hours. If you have any questions please feel free to email or call and one of our staff will be sure to get back to you.
Sincerely,
Linda Bussey
Director
Hower House Museum
Please call or email
330.972.6909 or dmm47@uakron.edu
Phone: 330.972.6909
Email: howerhouse@uakron.edu
Parking: Free parking is available in the parking lot adjacent to the building.
ADMISSION: $10.00 adults, $8.00 senior citizens (65+ years), $2.00 for students (all university students: please show ID); children six years and under are free with a paid adult admission.
The Hower House Museum participates in the Museums for All Program. Admission is $2 for any guest (up to 4 guests 18 and over) who present the US Gov issued electronic benefit transfer card (EBT) upon arrival. Children will be free with a paying adult.
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