Hoover Farm - 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: WM17M1E
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.
Street address:
1875 East Maple Street
North Canton, OH United States
44720
County / Borough / Parish: Stark County
Year listed: 1979
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Historic function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current function: Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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