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Kent Historical Society Garden Tour: Honoring the 200th Birthday of Marvin Kent
No full textKent Historical Society
Historic Kent Town Tour
Honoring the 200th Birthday
of Marvin Kent
September 17 & 18, 2016
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday
East Side Tour Sites
D Clapp-Woodward House/Kent
Historical Society Museum
D Erie Depot
D Marvin Kent Train Car
D Erie Car Shops *
D Wells-Sherman House
* Interior accessible only during guided
tours at 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. each day
West Side Tour Sites
Patton House D
Charles H. Kent Home D
Marvin Kent House/ D
Kent Masonic Center
All sites are open and can be visited
on either Saturday or Sunday.
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In saluting the Kent family we would like to tell
of the historic connection with the family to
Hometown Bank. Early commercial banks such
as the Kent Nationa1 Bank,which was owned
primarily by the Kent Family, were not of the
habit of lending on a long term basis to finance
housing. Seeing the need for this type of lending,
Marvin Kent helped facilitate the chartering of
our bank as an Ohio Chartered Building and Loan
to specialize and encourage home ownership in
the community of Kent and its surrounding area.
His Cashier ( the Executive Managing Officer of
the Bank) at the Kent National Bank, a young
man by the name of W. H. C. Parkhill, became
an incorporator of the new institution as well as
five other local prominent business leaders. Mr.
"'~ William Hamilton Clarke Parkhill ~.. Parkhill became our first Treasurer and the guiding
banking mind behind the newly chartered Building
and Loan. This could not have happened without
the blessing of Marvin Kent. Incidentally, Mr.
Parkhill was the husband of Marvin Kent's niece
Helen Wells. So in saluting Marvin Kent on his
200th birthday we would also like to salute his
nephew W. H. C. Parkhill because with his early
guidance and banking knowledge we have been
able to serve his community for the past .118 years.
Thank you, Mr. Parkhill.
Hometown Banking Since 1898
www.htbnk.com
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Clapp-Woodward
House
(Now Kent Historical
Society Museum)
237 E. Main St.
Built in 1883
In 1883, either Harriet
Kent Clapp, eldest of Zenas
Kent's 13 children, or her
son Charles began building
the house on land Harriet inherited from her father. Harriet had married
Charles Clapp, but when he joined the Shaker religious community, she
chose to leave him behind, living alternately in Kent with her son, Charles,
or in Brooklyn, N.Y., with her brother, Henry Kent.
Charles lived here with his wife, Mary Eliza Wood, and their four sons,
Charles, Frank, Leon and Harold. Leon's initials were scrolled on the
plaster wall in the front parlor, where they remain. The Victorian house
features high ceilings, large rooms trimmed with carved cherry woodwork,
three sets of pocket doors and a large entryway with an elaborate staircase.
It also has four unique fireplaces and sits atop the hill on East Main Street
with dignity and beauty.
In 1912, the Clapps sold their home to John and Jeanette (Greenshield)
Woodward, who lived here with their son Paul, 6, and daughter, Josephine
"Jo," for just 19 months. Woodward owned the Woodward Coal Co. Jo
was in the first kindergarten class at Kent Normal School and later attended
both Kent State University and the Cleveland School of Arts. She
studied Russian ballet with the famous Nijinsky in New York City, but her
father's illness brought her back to Kent, where she married John Solem.
They operated Solem Jewelry at the corner of Main and DePeyster streets
until May 1970. The home was sold to Keller Electric in 1956, but Jo built
a duplex on the Columbus Street end of the property, where she lived until
her death at age 96 in 2007.
In December 2010, the Kent Historical Society purchased the home
from its fourth owner, Mary and Bob Paton, who had already done some
restoration. The society's historic remodeling will continue to preserve this
building as its home for generations.
It is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays or
by appointment for group tours or research by calling 330-678-2712.
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Erie Railroad Depot
Second Floor
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152 Franklin Ave.
Built in 1875
The first railroad depot
in Kent was simply a large
wooden box of a building for
people to wait for trains and
where freight could be deposited
or picked up. By 187 4, the citizens of Kent asked the Atlantic & Great
Western Railroad to build a better depot for their growing community.
The railroad agreed, provided the town would pay 10,000 cost. Under the direction of Marvin Kent, townspeople oversubscribed
and this second depot opened in 1875. Constructed oflocal brick
in classic Tuscan design, it was second only to Cleveland's in size.
Inside the depot's first floor was a large waiting room for passengers, a
lunch counter and space for freight shipments. It has three large towers.
The central tower contained living quarters to house the agent; later this
space was given over to the people who worked at the downstairs lunch
counter, such as the Elgin family, who had two daughters born there.
The south tower contained beds where train crews could rest and sleep
on their layovers. The railroad's agent, George Hinds, placed books in
the north tower for the crewman to borrow and read. As the number of
crewmen increased, they could not all sleep in the depot tower and the Erie
Railroad decided it was not in the library business. The books became part
of Kent's Carnegie Library built in 1902.
The depot was the place where news came first via telegraph, where passengers
got their first vivid impressions of Kent, where soldiers and sailors
left their families on their way to war and finally how countless students
arrived to study at Kent Normal School, and later at Kent Sate University.
In January 1970, the last trains departed Kent. Over the next 10 years,
the new Kent Historical Society purchased and restored the station,
utilizing plans by Cleveland architect Robert Gaede. It is still owned and
preserved by the Kent Historical Society.
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Marvin Kent
Train Car
152 Franklin Ave.
Built in 1922
The railroad coach
"Marvin Kent" was
manufactured by the
American Car and
Foundry Co. in 1922
for use by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The car known as
Coach 6125 saw service west of Chicago until acquired by the Lake Shore
Railway Historical Society in 1969. It was stored in Ashtabula, Ohio, until
purchased by the Kent Jaycees in the summer of 1976 for use as a meeting
hall for both Jaycees and community use.
When the car was moved to Kent in August of that year, the Jaycees
leased the parcel of land south of the .Erie Depot from the Kent Historical
Society. The Jaycees completely refurbished the car over the next four years.
With an original seating capacity of 83, the coach measures 75 feet in
length and 10 feet in width and stands 14 feet above the ground. It weighs
82 tons.
The Erie Railroad had dedicated a sleeping car here in Kent in 19 51 to
the memory of Marvin Kent, the Ohio president of the Atlantic & Great
Western Railroad. The Jaycees felt that their car would be a fitting tribute
to the memory of Marvin Kent and his importance to the railroad industry
in Kent. The Jaycees' car is painted to resemble that sleeping car. The car is
still used by the Jaycees and is connected to all city services and is air conditioned
for summer use. It was recently repainted in its original colors.
Young professionals age 18 to 40 interested in the Junior Chamber of
Commerce Oaycees) can attend a monthly membership meeting on the
second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. Email [email protected]
for more information.
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Erie Car Shops
200 W. Williams St.
Built in 1863
Interior accessible
only during guided
tours at 1 p. m. &
2 p.m. each day
When the Adan tic
& Great Western Rail-road
opened in 1863,
the company established shops in Franklin Mills (Kent). Marvin Kent's
influence as the railroad's president - and his gift of land valued at
$15,000 - brought a complex of buildings that would be the center of the
town's economy for nearly 60 years.
Built by some of the same German-American masons who had built
the canal lock here 20 years earlier and constructed of local stone, the
shops were impressive. The main building was two stories high with three
cupolas. The employment of several hundred men - including at times
more than half of all working men in the town - increased the population
dramatically, adding many new homes on Kent's south side. By 1918, some
800 workers worked for A & GW's successor, the Erie Railroad.
The shops turned out hundreds of cars. While some locomotives were
manufactured in the 1870s, the majority were wooden passenger and
freight cars for the Erie. Workers were highly skilled mechanics and artisans
as well as unskilled laborers. The grounds were full of lumber, barrels of
nails and screws, wheel sets and supplies like paint and glass. The passenger
cars in particular were real works of beauty, while the box cars, gondolas,
cabooses and others were built solidly enough to last for decades. The work
was hard, injuries were common and, in the winter, it was cold. A 12-hour
workday was normal with no overtime. The car shops also functioned as
a sort of public square and the community often gathered there to hear a
band concert or see fireworks on holidays.
There were some labor struggles along with the Erie's perpetual financial
crises. After a major strike in 1922, the car shops closed in 1930. 4
The Davey Compressor Co., started by Paul Davey, purchased what remained
of the shops in 1943. After several changes over the ensuing years,
Tom Myers, Paul Davey's grandson, started leasing space in the building in
1981. His company, Davey Drill Division of Davey, Kent, Inc., continues
the drill operations of its predecessor, Davey Compressor Co.
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Kent Wells Sherman House
247 N. Water St.
Built in 1858
The Greek Revival-styled Kent
Wells Sherman House was built
on the northeast corner of South
Water and Erie streets in 18 5 8
for Frances Kent Wells, sister of
city namesake Marvin Kent, and
her husband George. George
Wells was a business partner of
Zenas Kent in the Wells and
Kent Glassworks. After the Wells
family sold the house and moved
to Brownsville, Pa., in 1863, it
was eventually acquired in 1868 by Dr. Aaron M. Sherman. He was a Civil
War surgeon, prominent civic promoter, state representative, and one of
the founders in 1866 of the Kent Unitarian-Universalist Church.
The house was moved from its original site to East Erie Street, closer
to Kent Normal College. By 2012, the house, which had been used as a
student boarding house since 1968, was obtained by Kent State University
for the purpose of demolition to make way for the university Esplanade.
Research by avid local historians documented beyond question its significant
historical value to the city of Kent. As a result, the community rallied
and it was moved to its current location in September 2013.
The structure, placed in commercial zoning, now hosts attorneys' offices,
a video company and serves as a meeting place for public and private
gatherings. It is an example of a public-private partnership. Along with
grants, donations and many hours of volunteer work, significant financial
and logistical support from KSU (arranged by retired Vice President Greg
Floyd), the city of Kent, Hometown Bank, and Kent Historical Society, are
gratefully acknowledged. This project serves as an example of what is necessary
to save buildings that are of historical importance to a community.
For information on using the building for meetings, parties or pop-up
retail space, please contact Ann Ward at [email protected] or Rick
Hawksley at [email protected].
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The former Congregational Church, the third church in Franklin Mills (now Kent),
was ded icated on November 30, 1858, two years before t he election of Abraham
Lincoln to the Presidency in 1860. It served the Congregationa lists for almost a
century, until 1955. 310 Park Avenue was purchased by the Martin fami ly in 1969
and currently serves as the corporate headquarters for R.W. Martin & Sons, Inc.
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Patton House
529 W. Main St.
Built in 1902
Once known as the Patton
Memorial House, the family residence
of W.W. Patton, his wife,
Harriet, and daughter, Emma,
was built in 1902.
Among many community
positions, Patton served as
Kent's postmaster and superintendent
of Kent schools (1872-1878). Having studied at both the Boston
and Oberlin Conservatories of Music, Emma returned to Kent to provide
music lessons in her beautiful home. Upon her death in 1939, Emma
bequeathed the Patton House to Coterie, a ladies organization founded in
1896. This "circle of friends," which formed from the merger of a literary
club and a cooking club, was chosen to maintain the property and provide
space for community groups to gather.
Women of prominent Kent families who were active members of Coterie
in its early years include Mrs. Harry Longcoy, Mrs. Edward Parsons, Mrs.
Duncan Wolcott, Mrs. W.S. Kent, Mrs. Frank Elgin, Mrs. Roy Smith and
Mrs. Burt Spelman.
Having served as the home for Kent State University presidents Dr.
James Engleman and Dr. Karl Leebrick from 1939 to 1942, the formidable
front porch and pleasant large rooms of the Patton House have welcomed
many area social events.
A lovely stained glass window provides a focal point at the landing of
the stairway leading to a large second floor, which houses the family who
oversees the property. The decor includes many of the original elements,
from the hand-carved oak foyer to the antique grand piano Emma used to
share her love of music with her students. Many of her original furnishings
remain, as well.
The home continues in the care of the 125 members of five Kent Coteries
who strive to maintain this historic dwelling, which stands, regally, at
the west entrance to downtown Kent.
This historic meeting site is available to rent for groups of up to 50. For
information, call 330-673-5221 or email [email protected].
Charles H. Kent Home
125 N. Pearl St.
Built in 1843
The Charles H. Kent home
was built in 1843 in the West
Main Street district and is now
located at 125 N. Pearl St. This
home was designed and built
by James Clark of Streetsboro
Village, and is an example of
Gothic Revival architecture. It also features elements of the Greek Revival
and Carpenter Gothic architectural styles.
Charles was the son of Zenas, two years younger than his brother
Marvin, and was married to Mary E. Burrett. Charles was involved in the
dry goods business with his father in Ravenna. When our community was
still called Franklin Mills, Charles was a partner in the Clapp, Spellman
& Kent Dry Goods business and also in a glass company with his brother
Marvin. In 1860, he opened a dry goods and wallpaper store in Kent and
also was an original investor and a director of the Kent National Bank.
Charles died in 1887.
In 1902, the house was moved 150 feet north of its original location
along West Main Street to the current site on North Pearl Street by its
then-owner, Henry Green. This was supposedly prompted by Martin L.
Davey, son of the founder of the Davey Tree Co. Martin, who would later
serve as a mayor of Kent, U.S. representative and eventually governor,
persuaded Mr. Green to move the house to avoid its demolition for apartments
the owner was constructing on the original site.
This home is also referred to as the Palmer House after its longtime owner,
Dr. Maurice B. Palmer, who had accepted a position on the chemistry
staff of Kent State Normal College in 1931. He and his wife, Louisa Fenton,
purchased the home in 1940 and lived in it for more than 50 years.
After the Palmers' death, the house fell into disrepair, and was completely
renovated by Dennis and Jennifer Baughman. Mr. Baughman's company
specializes in the renovation and preservation of historic homes. It was ,
placed on the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 23, 1978.
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Marvin Kent
Family Homestead
(Now Kent Masonic Center)
409 W. Main St.
Built in 1884
Construction began in 1880 on
the Eastlake-style homestead of Marvin
and Maria Kent. Kent hired local
craftsmen except for wood carvers,
who came from Cleveland and New
York. Much of the materials used in
the house were likely locally sourced since, among Kent's many businesses,
were a stone quarry and a plate glass factory. The wood for the home was
the finest Kent could find in northern Ohio. When the Main Street covered
bridge was torn down, Kent saved the best of the massive beams and
used one for the arch header near the west coach entrance. There are three
similar arch headers in the west entrance hall and the main center hall.
Among the home's remarkable features are walls and partitions of solid
brick, cellar walls and entrance of thick sandstone, and a sloped slate roof.
Completed in 1884, the home provided 7,335 square feet of living space
with 20 rooms, including a ballroom and 10 fireplaces.
During the 40 years the Kent family lived in the home, four U.S. presidents,
either before or after they were in office, were guests in the home.
When Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, William McKinley
and Benjamin Harrison visited, they slept in the southeast second-floor
bedroom. This room remains much as it was in those days, including the
furniture.
When William Kent died in 1923, the home became the property of the
heirs of Marvin's son, Henry Lewis. They sold the home to Rockton Lodge
316 F & A. M. on Nov. 1, 1923.
The Masons have initiated a nonprofit society, the Kent Home Preservation
Society, to raise funds and coordinate the restoration of the home to
its 1923 status or earlier. The society is open to anyone with an interest in
preserving the Marvin Kent Homestead.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARVIN KENT AND His FAMILY
By jean Griffith Booth
I would like to thank Don Booth, Howard Boyle and Sandy Halem for their
valuable assistance in compiling this history. For purposes of clarity, I have used
birth names for the women in this article.
The Pilgrims
Marvin Kent's ancestors were part of the Great Migration of 20,000 pilgrims
who left England to come to New England between 1629 and 1640.
The Puritan families who made this dangerous voyage were educated and
prosperous. Among the first of Marvin's family to arrive in the Massachusetts
Bay Colony were: his fifth great-grandparents, William Hosford and
wife Florentia Sarah Hayward, who came in 1630; his sixth great-grandparents,
Thomas Talmadge and wife Catherine Cromwell, arriving in 1633,
and his fifth great-grandparents Henry Glover and wife Ellen Wakeman,
who arrived in 1634. Making the journey in 1640 were Thomas Kent and
his wife Ann Noyes with at least three children - eight-year-old Thomas,
six-year-old Samuel (Marvin's fourth great-grandfather) and three-year-old
Josiah.
The Revolutionary War
Both of Marvin's grandfathers, Zenas Kent (his father's father) and Oliver
Hiram Lewis (his mother's father), fought in the Revolutionary War as
privates in the Connecticut Line.
On May 5, 1777, Zenas enlisted in the 4th Regiment of the Connecticut
Militia for a term of eight months. During his service, the 4th Connecticut
fought in the Defense of Philadelphia Campaign, including the Battles of
Brandywine, Germantown and Whitemarsh, arriving at Winter Quarters at
Valley Forge in mid-December, 1777. He was discharged Jan. 1, 1778.
Oliver fought in the Revolutionary War three times, beginning in 1776
when he joined the 18th Regiment of the Connecticut Militia. He was a
member of Captain Thomas Bidwell's Company and took part in the Battle
of New York on Aug. 27, 1776, and the Battle of Fort Washington on
Nov. 16, 1776, before completing his term of enlistment.
The Kent Family Settles in Ohio
In the early 1800s, Aaron Olmsted hired Ralph Buckland, whose mother
was Mary Olmsted, to survey and act as an agent for the land he had
purchased in the Connecticut Western Reserve. It is likely Zenas and his
wife Anne Plumb purchased their homestead in Mantua from Ralph, since
Ralph was married to the Kents' eldest daughter, Ann. Traveling by sleigh,
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the Kent and Buckland families left Leyden, Mass., and Middletown,
Conn., in the winter of 1812. The younger Zenas came with his family,
but his pregnant wife Pamelia Lewis remained back east. Sadly, two-yearold
Mary Anne Buckland did not survive the journey.
Zenas Kent
The younger Zenas returned to Connecticut for Pamelia and they moved
to Hudson in 1814. Using the skills he had learned from his fathe
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positive patients. Since the SIPA1 protein and the RRP1B protein were shown to
physically interact with each other and the SIPA1 SNP rs2448490 and RRP1B SNP
rs9306160 both showed association with survival in the lymph node metastasis
negative/oestrogen receptor positive class of patients; a combined analysis of the SIPA1
SNP rs2448490 and RRP1B SNP rs9306160 was performed, giving the best prognosis
in the lymph node metastasis negative/oestrogen receptor positive subgroup.
SNPs in the other SIPA1 protein binding partner, BRD4, also showed association with
progression-free survival. SNPs from the three genes, SIPA1, RRP1B and BRD4 which
are known to be the corner-stone of the Diasporin pathway (Crawford, et al., 2008), a
novel pathway in the metastasis process, showed association with breast cancer
metastasis and metastasis related survival in multiple independent populations, adding
support for these genes as metastasis modulator genes. In addition, the SNP rs3741378
from the SIPA1 gene also showed association with breast cancer incidence, indicating
that the SIPA1 gene may not only be a breast cancer metastasis modulating gene but
also a breast cancer susceptibility gene. To further investigate the role of this gene in
breast cancer, molecular characterisation of an identified Sipa1 protein binding partner,
Calmodulin 2, was also undertaken as part of this research. Calm2 was first identified
as a potential Sipa1 protein binding partner from yeast two hybrid analysis, (Myriad
Genetics, Salt Lake City, UT) with confirmation of binding verified by Coimmunoprecipitation
assay. Stable cell lines with up-regulation of Calm2 gene were
subsequently created. The stable cell lines were used in in vivo analyses to investigate
the possible role of the Calm2 in breast cancer metastasis. However, deriving any firm
conclusions from the in vivo analysis of Calm2 can’t be drawn as the control samples of
this study didn’t provide adequate data and further investigations of Calm2’s possible
role in metastasis are required.
These novel metastasis susceptibility modulating genes have previously shown
association with breast cancer at the transcriptional and translational level. The results
of this study provide evidence that these genes are engaged in human breast cancer
survival at the genetic level. The data provide evidence of association between subtle
inherited genetic variation of these novel breast cancer metastasis modulators and
breast cancer patient outcomes in various independent human populations. The results
of this research also provide additional evidence that genetic variation is involved in
human breast cancer metastasis and survival. The observation that genetic variation
may be an independent indicator for lymph node metastasis, negative/oestrogen
receptor positive status, suggests a novel hypothesis in relation to breast cancer
biology, ie breast tumours that do and do not colonize to the lymph node system may
represent two distinct subtypes of breast cancer, with distinct tumour cell biology and
mechanisms of progression.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)School of Medical ScienceGriffith HealthFull Tex
Will the Emerging India Ever Arrive?
No full textThis article discusses the ingrained impediments which are likely to stifle India's rise and growth - a phenomenon which has figured prominently in scholarly and official assessments, in India and outside, for over a decade now. Intriguingly India's rise as a global power has already been adjudged a certainty in these assessments, but the author contends that there exists an apparent disjuncture between how the world sees India and the prevailing internal impediments. Therefore, any assessment of India as a global power without incorporating these impediments would be incomplete, misplaced and hyperbolic. Of late, in the light of India's growing internal and external socio-economic and political difficulties, more and more writings and proclamations by Indian and international experts indicate emerging scepticism over India's potential as a global power. This paper takes a rollcall of India's internal impediments including, human development, institutional and security challenges which according to the author have already begun restraining India's global ascent.Full Tex
Cuban Ceremonial Batá Drumming and YouTube: Understanding Tradition, Change and Video-Sharing in the 21st Century
No full textThis thesis examines and analyses some key issues related to the emergence of Cuban batá ceremony on YouTube. A musical-religious ceremony related to the Afro-Cuban religion commonly known as Santería, batá ceremony has been part of the YouTube landscape since 2006, although its practice in Cuba dates back to the late 19th century. As a traditional musical-religious practice, its mediation through video, and subsequent dissemination and representation on YouTube, is examined in light of how videography and online video-sharing practices affect the performance and meaning of batá ceremony in the real world, offline environment, as well as examining the way that this new, online representation creates new meaning and understanding of batá performance for those who are involved in its practice.
Through examining both the practice of videography at batá ceremony and the production and reception of its online representation on YouTube, I seek to contribute to the growing body of literature that is examining online communities that form around musical practice. This focus on a religious-musical practice also brings into perspective how the effects of modern technological mediation play into
traditional religious practices in the modern era, and how this is affecting ceremonial batá drummers and other religious practitioners, those people who arguably have the biggest stake in these new practices. To do this I utilise ethnographic, participantobservation methods in both the offline environment of batá ceremony, and the online environment of YouTube.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Queensland ConservatoriumArts, Education and LawFull Tex
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