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Visit #5: STAN HYWET HALL AND GARDENS

STAN HYWET HALL,SET ON A 3,000 ACRE ESTATE, WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1911 AND 1915. IT WAS THE HOME OF THE FRANKLIN A. SEIBERLING FAMILY FOR OVER 40 YEARS. HE AND HIS BROTHER, CHARLES W. SEIBERLING, FOUNDED THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY. F.A. AND HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE, CREATED A GRACIOUS AND WARM HOME FOR THEIR SIX CHILDREN, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS.