Hoover Historical Center - North Canton OH
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 52.517 W 081° 22.183
17T E 468847 N 4524978
This house, built in 1853, was the boyhood of vacuum cleaner entrepreneur William Henry “Boss” Hoover (1849-1932).“Boss” Hoover began manufacturing a patented electric suction sweeper in 1908 in a corner of his leather good factory in North Canton.
Waymark Code: WM17M17
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2023
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TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER (Ohio Marker No. 9-76)
Hoover Historical Center
This house, built in 1853, was the boyhood of vacuum cleaner entrepreneur William Henry “Boss” Hoover (1849-1932), whose grandparents came to Stark County from Pennsylvania in 1827 and established a leather tanning business. “Boss” Hoover began manufacturing a patented electric suction sweeper in 1908 in a corner of his leather goods factory in New Berlin (now North Canton), thus introducing to American households one of the most essential domestic appliances and Hoover a universally known name. In 1978, The Hoover Company dedicated the Hoover Historical Center to showcase the industry created here.
Marker Number: 9-76
County: Stark Counry
Significance of Location: Person
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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