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Title
Anna
Dean
Farm
Mansion
Photograph
Subject
Business and Labor
Agriculture
Architecture
Plants and Animals
Farms
Houses
Place
Barberton (Ohio)
Summit County (Ohio)
Description
This
7.75
"
x
9.5
"
(16.69
x
24.13
cm)
photograph
shows
the
back
exterior
of the
mansion
at
Anna
Dean
Farm
in
Barberton
,
Ohio
.
Completed
in
1911
, this
French
Renaissance
Revival
mansion
had
fifty-two
rooms
and
featured
marble
floors
,
teakwood
trim
,
stained
glass
windows
, and
gold-leaf
ceilings
. The
mansion
and
grounds
rivaled
those of the
wealthiest
industrialists
of the
era
.
When
O.C
.
Barber
died
in
1920
he had
planned
to
give
Anna
Dean
Farm
to
Western
Reserve
University
,
which
would
continue
the
farm
experiment
as an
agricultural
school
.
Due
to
financial
difficulties
,
however
, the
university
was not
able
to
support
an
agricultural
school
, and the
farm
was
shut
down
.
It
was
sold
to the
A.O
.
Austin
family
in
1926
. The
family
lived
in the
mansion
until
1964
,
when
A.O
.
Austin
died
. The
mansion
was
demolished
in
1965
.
Ohio
Columbus
Barber
was
born
in
1841
and was the
town
founder
of
Barberton
,
Ohio
. He was
president
of
Barber's
Diamond
Match
Company
factory
, from
which
he
retired
in
1909
. In his
retirement
,
Barber
created
the
3,500-acre
Anna
Dean
Farm
. The
estate
included
an
elaborate
fifty-two
room
French
Renaissance
Revival
style
mansion
. He
built
enormous
castle-like
barns
to
house
his
high-quality
livestock
and
hired
experts
to
manage
each
type
of
animal
. The
farm
also
included
13-acres
of
green
houses
, a
dairy
processing
plant
, a
flour
mill
,
power
houses
, a
farm
office
, and a
hotel
to
house
farm
employees
.
Creator
Edwards Studio
Date of Original
1910s
circa
Collection
Barber
Estate
Photograph
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
R779 001-005
Submitting Institution
Barberton Public Library
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2390_1779278_001.tif
Image Height
2080
Image Width
2732
File Size
1697.346 KB
Format
picture
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