History
Growing up in Akron, Ohio, in the twilight of the 19th century, F.A. Seiberling
explored the fields and woods beyond the city, hunting in an area where
sandstone had once been quarried. Even then, the dramatic views of the
Cuyahoga Valley-it's natural vistas spread before him like paintings-affected
him deeply. He never forgot them.
In 1911, as the co-founder of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and father of six, F.A. Seiberling together with his wife Gertrude, commissioned the building of a 65-room Tudor Revival Estate known as Stan Hywet Hall. While the country house was designed to fill all possible domestic, social, and recreational needs, the land itself was the essential element in defining the estate's character. The Seiberlings wanted the landscape to be a sanctuary reflective of the simple, expansive qualities of the Midwest.
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