Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 3-3/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON AND ON THE GROUNDS OF THE OTIS HATTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT 1933 BAKER AVENUE. IT IS 59 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH WING OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING, 50 FEET NORTH OF AN EXTENDED LINE FROM THE NORTH FACE OF THE NORTH WING OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND BETWEEN A BLACKTOP PARKING LOT AND A BALL DIAMOND. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED OTIS SET IN THE TOP OF A 6 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF A 3 FOOT SQUARE OF CONCRETE AND COVERED WITH A 9 INCH IRON COVER. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HILLMAN ROAD AND DANIELS AVENUE, ON THE OTIS HATTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROUNDS, 187 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF DANIELS AVENUE, 213 FEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF HILLMAN ROAD, 59 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH WING OF THE SCHOOL, 86 1/2 FEET EAST OF THE EXTENDED CENTER LINE OF STEPHENS ROAD, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST 4 INCHES BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9 INCH CAST IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (CLN) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THIS STATION WAS USED BY THE GPS. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1986 STATION MARK RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NO OTHER MARKS FOR THIS STATION. STATION IS IN PLAYGROUND OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OWNERSHIP -- CITY OF AKRON, C/O PRINCIPAL PAUL GREEN, HATTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 1933 BAKER AVENUE, AKRON OH 44312 PHONE 614-733-2467. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF US HIGHWAY 224 AND STATE HIGHWAY 241 (ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF JUNCTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS 76 AND 77 AND HIGHWAY 224 IN SOUTH AKRON), GO EAST ON HIGHWAY 224 FOR 0.45 MILE TO A CROSSROAD. TURN LEFT, NORTH, ON HILBISH STREET FOR 1.52 KM TO A CROSSROAD (TRIPLETT STREET). CONTINUE AHEAD FOR 0.5 MILE TO A CROSS STREET. TURN LEFT, WEST , ON DANIELS AVENUE FOR 0.2 MILE TO A CROSS STREET. TURN LEFT, SOUTH, ON HILLMAN STREET FOR ABOUT 20 METERS (70 FEET), THEN BEAR RIGHT OVER CURB AND SIDEWALK AND ANGLE ACROSS PLAYGROUND, SOUTHWEST, FOR 90 METERS (0.05 MILE) TO A 1 METER HIGH GRASSY HUMP AT REAR OF SCHOOL AND STATION ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF HUMP. STATION MARK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST THAT IS COVERED BY A 25 CM METAL COVER THAT PROJECTS 5 CM. IT IS 18.0 METERS NORTHWEST OF NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH WING OF SCHOOL, 11.6 METERS NORTH OF MACADAM SIDEWALK EDGE, 4.2 METERS NORTHWEST OF A 10 CM TREE, AND 19.7 METERS NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST END OF A WIRE BASEBALL BACK- STOP. DESCRIBED BY G R HEID. TYPED BY JAMES MALONEY 9/10/87. RECOVERY NOTE 2012 SCE SCHOOL AND GROUNDS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED