Bierce Library

Bierce Library is a library in City of Akron, Summit, Ohio which is located on Buchtel Common. Bierce Library is situated nearby to the sports venue James A. Rhodes Arena, as well as near FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include James A. Rhodes Arena and FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field.

James A. Rhodes Arena

Sports venue

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James A. Rhodes Arena, nicknamed "The JAR", is an arena in Akron, Ohio, United States, on the campus of the University of Akron. Named for former Ohio governor Jim Rhodes, the arena opened in 1983 and is home to the Akron Zips men's and women's basketball teams and women's volleyball team. James A. Rhodes Arena is situated 570 feet southeast of Bierce Library.

FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field

Stadium

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FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field, formerly known as "Lee R. Jackson Soccer Field", is a soccer-specific stadium on the campus of the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, United States. FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Bierce Library.

Akron Art Museum

Museum

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The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States. The museum first opened on February 1, 1922, as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library. Akron Art Museum is situated 3,000 feet northwest of Bierce Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akron and Tallmadge.

Akron

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Akron is a city of almost 200,000 people in the Northeast Ohio region in Summit County. Akron is proud of its heritage as a center of industry, and now offers visitors a wide range of recreational and cultural attractions, food experiences, and shopping.

Tallmadge

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Tallmadge is a city in Summit County. The city holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most churches per capita.

Rolling Acres

Neighborhood

Rolling Acres is a former shopping district in Akron, Ohio, surrounding the now-demolished Rolling Acres Mall. Planning for the area began in 1960s with Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland real estate company and the powerful Buchholzer family, whose previous endeavors involved financing much of the Chapel Hill Mall area. Rolling Acres is situated 4 miles southwest of Bierce Library.

Bierce Library

Type: Library
Address: 302 Buchtel Common, Akron, OH 44325
Categories: building and education
Location: City of Akron, Summit, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.07693° or 41° 4′ 37″ north

Longitude

-81.51023° or 81° 30′ 37″ west

Elevation

1,066 feet (325 metres)

Operator

University of Akron

Open location code

86HW3FGQ+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 85872596

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

5147412

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