SUMMIT COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Akron		Grant St. off Wolf Ledges Pkwy.	P	University	1950	In Use	Brick
Akron		S. Broadway & Exchange	F	Business	????	In Use	Brick
Akron		East Mill St.	F	Business	????	Gone	Brick
Akron		31 North Case Ave. (near Market St. Intersection)	F	Unknown	????	In Use	Brick
Barberton		356 4th St. NW	P	Vacant	????	In Use	Wood
Boston Mills		At the bend in Mill Street in Peninsula	P	Railroad	????	In Use	Wood
Brecksville		721 W. Highland Rd. Sagamore Hills, OH	F	Barn	????	None	Wood
Copley		3772 Copley Road	C	Museum	1891	In Use	Wood
Cuyahoga Falls		215 E. Portage Trail	F	Railroad	????	In Use	Wood
Hudson		SR 303	P	Railroad	????	In Use	Wood
Mogadore		87 South Cleveland Avenue, near Gencorp Plant	P	Society	????	None	Wood
Peninsula		Mill Street, north of the Boston Mills depot.	F	Public	????	In Use	Wood
Sharon Center		SR 94 north of Sharon Center	?	Residence	????	????	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Akron		Freight station which sat at 1924 East Market. Torn down in the late 1990s or early 2000s?
Akron		Old Union Station. Built in 1891 and demolished in 1951. This was Akron's second Union Station and was located between East Market and Park streets in what was called "Amelia Flats." The station served the B&O, CA&C (PRR) and Erie. The CA&C had an office nearby on East Market next to the Hotel Pendleton. The Amelia Hotel was also nearby on Park Street.
Akron		This was Akron's first union station built around 1852 by the Cleveland & Pittsburgh RR. It was torn down in 1891. This station was located on Mill Street at the intersection with Summit Street.
Akron		This station sat at the corner of West Market and South Canal Streets. According to Mark Camp's book Railroad Depots Of Northeast Ohio it was in service from 1852-1890, although the book "Akron Railroads" by Craig Sanders claims it began service in 1888. The building still appears on an 1892 Sanborn Fire map, but it is listed as vacant.
Akron		The Valley (later B&O) also had this passenger station and a large freight station on Ridge St. at North Howard. That passenger structure stood until the mid-1960s. Craig Sanders' book Akron Railroads claims that this was the first Valley Rwy. station in Akron but was supplanted by the West Market station above because passengers found this location inconvenient. The Valley railway also had a freight station on the south side of East Water Street just northeast of the intersection with East Market Street.
Akron		The first passenger and freight stations were located at South Summit and East Mill Streets. See this map for detail. Later another NYP&O/CA&C freight station was added at that location just east of the passenger station. That original passenger station was later a freight house for the Erie RR. The NYP&O also had a "South Akron" passenger station located off Ira Avenue near the former Akron Electrical Manufacturing Company and Brigger Belting Company (later American Hard Rubber) factories. That station was later used for freight only.
Akron		The Erie built this station in 1891.
Akron		This station, which was located on North Broadway near Exchange St., was built in 1947 and was torn down 2/25/97 to make way for a new bank. It sat vacant for several years prior to demolition.
Akron		Photo from 1909. This may have been the "South Akron" station. Does anyone know where this station was located?
Akron		The CA&C had a freight station on South Summit Street near the NYP&O stations (see this map for location). The CA&C also had a roundhouse and shops near the intersection of S. Forge and Hill Streets behind the old Akron Twine and Cordage factory. The railroad also had a station (unclear if it was freight or passenger) on South High Street near Steiner Ave. This station was right next to what was the Globe Sign Company.
Akron		The PA&W had a passenger station on the west side of North Main Street between Tallmadge (Federal) St. and Furnace St. The freight station was on the east side of North Main. This station appears on a Sanborn Fire map dated 1892.
Barberton		This station was on Tuscarawas Ave. and was demolished in 1940 to provide more room for parking. It was originally built by the CA&C to replace the "New Portage" station. During the later PRR years it was a passenger station for both the B&O and PRR. It was vacated after the B&O and PRR moved the passenger waiting area to the nearby freight station (see below).
Barberton		Originally this was the CA&C freight station and later became the passenger and freight station for the PRR and B&O.
Barberton		This freight station was on 4th Street.
Barberton		This station was built in 1888 (according to the B&O Annual Report of that year).
Botzum
Cuyahoga Falls		The B&O passenger station was located on the south side of Portage Trail across the street from the freight depot (still standing).
Cuyahoga Falls		This station was on Water Street just south of Portage Trail. Water Street and this location are no longer there and have been replaced by the freeway (SR 8 & 59).
East Akron
Hawkins (Ira)		The town was later renamed Ira because there was another town called Hawkins on the B&O (although I don't believe the other Hawkins was in Ohio). See map below for location.
Macedonia		This station was on the east side of Hudson Road just south of Northfield Road (Main St.).
Peninsula		This was the original Peninsula depot. The photo shows the station in the aftermath of the big 1913 flood. It was located at the bend in Mill Street, where the relocated Boston Mills depot now stands.
Tallmadge
Twinsburg
Warwick	AND	The joint station was located on 4th Avenue just south of Division Street between the tracks. Warwick tower was to the south across the CA&C tracks. The station was shared by the Akron & Chicago Junction RR (A wholly-owned subsidiary of the B&O) and the Cleveland, Akron a& Canton RR (later PRR).
1898 SUMMIT COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Akron (B&O/PRR) - This was Akron's third Union Station serving the B&O and PRR. It is now U of A's Buckingham Ctr. Front view. Akron (Erie) - Used by Akron Beacon Journal. Akron (REA) - At Quaker Square 2000 Photo. This may have been one of the old NYP&O or CA&C freight stations. See this old map for detail. Does anyone know which building this was on the map? This may not have been a railroad building, but rather a commission house for the mill. More research needed. Akron (AC&Y) - Plain, boring building. Now houses a heating and cooling company. Barberton (NYP&O) - Restored in 2005. Here is a 2000 Photo. The NYP&O also had a large freight station across the tracks in the old days. The station has been moved across the tracks, rotated 180 degrees so it still faces the tracks and moved across 4th street. The site was once a coal yard into the 1950's. Boston Mills (B&O) - Moved from Boston Mills to Peninsula in 1967. Here are a couple more old photos of the station in its original location. Brecksville (CT&V) - Building was purchased by the operator from Jaite and moved to the current location in 1942. Copley (PA&W) - Now houses Copley Historical Society. See this 2000 Photo. Mogadore (W&LE) - Moved from its original location on the east side of North Cleveland Avenue at the W&LE crossing. A train derailed and hit the building in 1912. Here are a couple more photos. Peninsula (B&O - Freight) - Houses Public Restrooms near park entrance.