Hotels & Tourist Homes

Green Turtle Hotel

The Green Turtle Hotel operated at least between 1935 and 1967. Leonard Foreman was its proprietor. The Call & Post newspaper opened an Akron office in the hotel in 1935.

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Green Book Details

Green Turtle Hotel appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1967 at Federal & Howard Sts. in Akron under the category Hotels.

Resources

  • Akron Negro Directory. Akron: A. Kingsberry, 1940.
  • “Call-Post Opens New Office in Akron.” Call & Post. July 18, 1935.
  • Green Turtle Hotel ad. Call & Post. August 1, 1935.
Federal & Howard Sts, Akron, OH

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