Description: Caption reads: "District #5. 902 Municipal Bldg. Akron, Ohio. November 23, 1937. Crosby's Stone Mill, Left, and Schumacher's Mill, Right. The latter mill still stands and is now part of the Quaker Oats Company Plant. When Akron was a milling center this photo was taken looking east toward Main from Ash street." In 1891 the Schumacher interests, which had suffered a $1 million dollar fire in 1886 but had recovered by means of a merger, incorporated as the American Cereal Company, absorbed other units, including the Quaker Oats Mills in Ravenna, and adopted 'Quaker Oats' as a trade mark. The Quaker Oats Company Plant was located at the southwest corner of Mill and Howard Streets. A second plant, housed in a 10-story brick building at Mill Street and South Broadway, receives the grain, which was washed and then whisked through underground tubes beneath three downtown streets to the Howard Street plant, where it was processed and packed. The company's expansion program, under way in 1939, included the construction of an elevator with a capacity of 400,000 bushels. The Howard Street plant stood on the site of the Old Stone Mill, completed in 1833 and operated by power from a race that brought water from the Little Cuyahoga River. Quaker Oats built 36 grain silos in 1932. Each silo was 120 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter, and together they housed 1,500,000 bushels of grain. Quaker Oats terminated production in Akron in 1970. The facility was repurposed in March 1973, and reopened 1 April 1975 with four shops and an ice cream parlor. The entire complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The silos were converted into a Hilton Hotel which opened in 1980. Later it became a Crowne Plaza hotel. The hotel is built into the suite of silos and is famed for its 196 completely round rooms. In mid-June 2007 the University of Akron bought the complex for $22,679,000 with plans to convert it into student housing and office space. The university planned to house more than 400 students in the converted hotel starting with the 2008 spring semester. As of January 2008, the university has begun to use the upper floors of the hotel as a residence hall. Under contract with UA, RDA Management of Fairlawn will operate 95 hotel rooms on the four bottom floors of the silos for the next two years. The university agreed to keep those rooms available to the public for that period to give the city an opportunity to secure more hotel space for downtown visitors and tourists. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_003_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Mills and mill-work; Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads, "Quaker Oats Company, located at the SW corner of Howard and Mill Sts. This is the site of Crosby's five-stone mill. The Ohio canal is in the rear of these buildings which today are essentially the same." The American Cereal Company was founded in 1891. While its corporate offices were eventually located in Chicago, Illinois, the primary manufacturing center for its cereals was in Akron, Ohio. The company's main product was oats used in cereal. American Cereal Company sold the oats with a picture of a Quaker on the packaging. In 1901, as the American Cereal Company began producing additional products, a parent company was formed, known as Quaker Oats. By the early 1900s, Quaker Oats had become the largest cereal manufacturer in the world. During the twentieth century, Quaker Oats has diversified its products beyond its original oats. In 2001, Quaker Oats became a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc., the manufacturer of Pepsi soft drinks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_010_1
Subjects: Business and Labor; Factories; Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; Industries--Ohio--History--Pictorial works; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Quaker Oats Bldg. Akron, O. District 6 files." In 1891 the Schumacher interests, which had suffered a $1 million dollar fire in 1886 but had recovered by means of a merger, incorporated as the American Cereal Company, absorbed other units, including the Quaker Oats Mills in Ravenna, and adopted 'Quaker Oats' as a trade mark. The Quaker Oats Company Plant was located at the southwest corner of Mill and Howard Streets. A second plant, housed in a 10-story brick building at Mill Street and South Broadway, receives the grain, which was washed and then whisked through underground tubes beneath three downtown streets to the Howard Street plant, where it was processed and packed. The company's expansion program, under way in 1939, included the construction of an elevator with a capacity of 400, 000 bushels. The Howard Street plant stood on the site of the Old Stone Mill, completed in 1833 and operated by power from a race that brought water from the Little Cuyahoga River. Quaker Oats built 36 grain silos in 1932. Each silo was 120 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter, and together they housed 1, 500, 000 bushels of grain. Quaker Oats terminated production in Akron in 1970. The facility was repurposed in March 1973, and reopened 1 April 1975 with four shops and an ice cream parlor. The entire complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The silos were converted into a Hilton Hotel which opened in 1980. Later it became a Crowne Plaza hotel. The hotel is built into the suite of silos and is famed for its 196 completely round rooms. In mid-June 2007 the University of Akron bought the complex for $22, 679, 000 with plans to convert it into student housing and office space. The university planned to house more than 400 students in the converted hotel starting with the 2008 spring semester. As of January 2008, the university has begun to use the upper floors of the hotel as a residence hall. Under contract with UA, RDA Management of Fairlawn will operate 95 hotel rooms on the four bottom floors of the silos for the next two years. The university agreed to keep those rooms available to the public for that period to give the city an opportunity to secure more hotel space for downtown visitors and tourists. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_002_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Factories; Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a portion of a large silo complex. Six joined circular concrete silos can be seen in the photograph. The silos belonged to the Quaker Oats Company and are located in downtown Akron. The Quaker Oats Company Plant was located at the southwest corner of Mill and Howard Streets. A second plant, housed in a 10-story brick building at Mill Street and South Broadway, receives the grain, which was washed and then whisked through underground tubes beneath three downtown streets to the Howard Street plant, where it was processed and packed. The company's expansion program, under way in 1939, included the construction of an elevator with a capacity of 400,000 bushels. The Howard Street plant stood on the site of the Old Stone Mill, completed in 1833 and operated by power from a race that brought water from the Little Cuyahoga River. Quaker Oats built 36 grain silos in 1932. Each silo was 120 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter, and together they housed 1,500,000 bushels of grain. Quaker Oats terminated production in Akron in 1970. The facility was repurposed in March 1973, and reopened 1 April 1975 with four shops and an ice cream parlor. The entire complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The silos were converted into a Hilton Hotel which opened in 1980. Later it became a Crowne Plaza hotel. The hotel is built into the suite of silos and is famed for its 196 completely round rooms. In mid-June 2007 the University of Akron bought the complex for $22,679,000 with plans to convert it into student housing and office space. The university planned to house more than 400 students in the converted hotel starting with the 2008 spring semester. As of January 2008, the university has begun to use the upper floors of the hotel as a residence hall. Under contract with UA, RDA Management of Fairlawn will operate 95 hotel rooms on the four bottom floors of the silos for the next two years. The university agreed to keep those rooms available to the public for that period to give the city an opportunity to secure more hotel space for downtown visitors and tourists. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F08_022_1
Subjects: Quaker Oats Company; Silos;
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "QUAKER OATS PLANT, bounded by Mill St. and Broadway in Akron. The smaller building at the extreme upper right is the office building which once housed the city government after the riot of 1900. It was razed in 1937. Many of the other buildings are still intact. The Quaker Oats Company was incorporated in 1901 when several companies merged. Later, Henry Crowell purchased the company and developed the two pound round packaging with cooking instructions on the side. The image of a Quaker man was to represent good quality and honest value. The company reportedly has no ties with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_017_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Quaker Oats." The American Cereal Company was founded in 1891. While its corporate offices were eventually located in Chicago, Illinois, the primary manufacturing center for its cereals was in Akron, Ohio. The company's main product was oats used in cereal. American Cereal Company sold the oats with a picture of a Quaker on the packaging. In 1901, as the American Cereal Company began producing additional products, a parent company was formed, known as Quaker Oats. By the early 1900s, Quaker Oats had become the largest cereal manufacturer in the world. During the twentieth century, Quaker Oats has diversified its products beyond its original oats. In 2001, Quaker Oats became a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc., the manufacturer of Pepsi soft drinks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_017_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Factories; Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Quaker Oats Bldg., Akron, O." The American Cereal Company was founded in 1891. While its corporate offices were eventually located in Chicago, Illinois, the primary manufacturing center for its cereals was in Akron, Ohio. The company's main product was oats used in cereal. American Cereal Company sold the oats with a picture of a Quaker on the packaging. In 1901, as the American Cereal Company began producing additional products, a parent company was formed, known as Quaker Oats. By the early 1900s, Quaker Oats had become the largest cereal manufacturer in the world. During the twentieth century, Quaker Oats has diversified its products beyond its original oats. In 2001, Quaker Oats became a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc., the manufacturer of Pepsi soft drinks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_020_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Factories; Industries--Ohio--Akron; Quaker Oats Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)