Memorial. Located through the front gates into Akron's historic Glendale Cemetery, on the left of the entrance road is the Civil War Memorial Chapel. This structure was built in 1876 to honor Akron's Civil War dead. The old-world gothic style of the building shows it's Victorian heritage. Over the front entrance is a stone banner proclaiming, "All Honor To Our Nation's Defenders." The Chapel building was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on Sept. 27, 1980. Around 1973 the building was almost destroyed when a disgruntled worker at an Akron area company dumped a chemical into the sewer line. He wanted to create havoc at his company but, instead, the chemical traveled several miles away and built up in an area around Glendale. The explosion was massive enough to be heard several towns away and did extensive damage to the cemetery grounds and nearly shook the chapel off of it's foundation. It has taken several years of hard work and repairs and restoration to get the cemetery and chapel repaired. The chapel's basement is a resting place for many Civil War "unknown" dead.
Memorial. Located through the front gates into Akron's historic Glendale Cemetery, on the left of the entrance road is the Civil War Memorial Chapel. This structure was built in 1876 to honor Akron's Civil War dead. The old-world gothic style of the building shows it's Victorian heritage. Over the front entrance is a stone banner proclaiming, "All Honor To Our Nation's Defenders." The Chapel building was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on Sept. 27, 1980. Around 1973 the building was almost destroyed when a disgruntled worker at an Akron area company dumped a chemical into the sewer line. He wanted to create havoc at his company but, instead, the chemical traveled several miles away and built up in an area around Glendale. The explosion was massive enough to be heard several towns away and did extensive damage to the cemetery grounds and nearly shook the chapel off of it's foundation. It has taken several years of hard work and repairs and restoration to get the cemetery and chapel repaired. The chapel's basement is a resting place for many Civil War "unknown" dead.
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