{"id":262,"date":"2014-01-16T22:14:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T22:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/?p=262"},"modified":"2014-03-03T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:35:01","slug":"262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/01\/16\/262\/","title":{"rendered":"The AC&amp;Y Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-262 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/01\/16\/262\/acy-building-03-12-64\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2014\/01\/ACY-Building-03-12-64.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-266\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266'>\n\t\t\t\tThe AC&amp;Y Building, 1964\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/01\/16\/262\/gothic-building-101\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2014\/01\/Gothic-Building-101.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-270\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-270'>\n\t\t\t\tThe AC&amp;Y Building, 2013\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>By\u00a0James Caprio<\/p>\n<p>Located near the corner of Main and Exchange streets, across from the Evans Building, the AC&amp;Y Building has been a dominant feature of Akron\u2019s skyline since 1919.\u00a0The building was originally known as the Herberich Building, as it was built by prominent Akron businessman Charles Herberich.\u00a0Herberich was the treasurer and later vice president of the Depositors Savings Bank.\u00a0He was also a big time investor in the rubber, construction, real-estate, and land development industries.\u00a0Due to the rubber industry\u2019s role in World War I, Akron\u2019s overall landscape was booming.\u00a0One of the biggest players in the rubber industry was F.A. Seiberling, founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.\u00a0In order to move his products, he created the Akron Canton and Youngstown (AC&amp;Y) Railroad Company in 1912.\u00a0By 1920, the AC&amp;Y Railroad line stretched over 170 miles and became the main rail line moving rubber products out of Akron.\u00a0The AC&amp;Y line was also a major transporter of chemicals, non-metallic minerals, coal, plastics, and lumber.\u00a0It became the most profitable railroad line in America during the 1920s. In 1924, Seiberling rented the 6<sup>th<\/sup> floor and some units on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> floor to serve as the AC&amp;Y headquarters, and by 1926, they leased the entire building.\u00a0It was this year that the Herberich Building became known as the AC&amp;Y Building.\u00a0In 1964, AC&amp;Y was sold to the Norfolk &amp; Western Railway, but the building continued to serve\u00a0as their headquarters until 1982 when the company\u00a0ultimately dissolved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0James Caprio Located near the corner of Main and Exchange streets, across from the Evans Building, the AC&amp;Y Building has been a dominant feature of Akron\u2019s skyline since 1919.\u00a0The building was originally known as the Herberich Building, as it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/01\/16\/262\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1758,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36282],"tags":[36330,7160,36294,36302],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-downtown","tag-acy-building","tag-akron","tag-downtown-2","tag-walking-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}