{"id":314,"date":"2014-01-16T22:30:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T22:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/?p=314"},"modified":"2014-03-03T15:44:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T15:44:45","slug":"evans-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/01\/16\/evans-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Evans 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-314 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/2014\/01\/16\/evans-building\/exchange-looking-west\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2014\/01\/Exchange-Looking-West.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-318\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-318'>\n\t\t\t\tEvans Building in the early 1900s\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\/evans-building\/evans-building-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/rubbercityrevisited\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/914\/2014\/01\/Evans-Building.jpg?w=150&amp;h=150&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-322\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-322'>\n\t\t\t\tEvans 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 James Caprio<\/p>\n<p>The Evans Building resides on what is perhaps the most significant site in the city of Akron. In the 1830s, Akron was put on the map from the construction of the Ohio &amp; Erie Canal. In order to accommodate\u00a0the influx of\u00a0construction workers and travelers who came to see the canal, Henry Clark\u2019s Tavern was built on the corner of what is now Main and Exchange Streets.\u00a0Not only was it the first hotel in Akron, it was also the first public building erected.\u00a0In 1836, Seth Iredell was elected Akron\u2019s first mayor at Henry Clark\u2019s Tavern.\u00a0The site remained a hotel and tavern until a few years before the turn of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, when the banking industry began to boom in Akron.\u00a0The original building was then razed and replaced by the People\u2019s Savings Bank.\u00a0In 1915, The Evans Building and Loan Association took over the site and constructed the upward addition to the building that remains today.\u00a0Evans Building and Loan Association eventually became the Evans Savings Association.\u00a0The Evans Building has since housed a variety of financial institutions and law firms and continues to do so to this day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Caprio The Evans Building resides on what is perhaps the most significant site in the city of Akron. In the 1830s, Akron was put on the map from the construction of the Ohio &amp; Erie Canal. 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