John S. Knight Center

The John S. Knight Center is a large convocation center located in Akron, Ohio, named after the newspaper publisher and editor John S. Knight. It is the site of the annual Akron Children's Hospital Holiday Tree Festival.

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Type: Community center
Description: convocation center in Akron, Ohio
Address: 77 East Mill Street, Akron, OH 44308

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Akron Art Museum and Akron-Summit County Public 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 620 feet north of John S. Knight Center.

Akron-Summit County Public Library

Library

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The Akron-Summit County Public Library is a public library system in Akron, Ohio. Founded in 1874, it operates the Main Library on South High Street and South Main Street in downtown Akron, 18 branch libraries located throughout the city of Akron and Summit County, the Akron Art Library, the Project LEARN of Summit County Training Room, Mobile Services, and Project LEARN of Summit County. Akron-Summit County Public Library is situated 370 feet northwest of John S. Knight Center.

Akron Civic Theatre

Theater building

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The Akron Civic Theatre is a theater in Akron, Ohio. It is one of only five remaining atmospheric theatres designed by John Eberson in the United States and is an excellent example of the great movie palaces of the 1920s. Akron Civic Theatre is situated 1,400 feet southwest of John S. Knight Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akron and Rolling Acres.

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.

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 John S. Knight Center.