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Akron, Ohio: Sleep in a Grain Silo (Closed)

Rooms were 1,000 square feet, stacked in 36 turn-of-the-century grain silos converted into swank accommodations. Last reported being converted into student housing.

Quaker Square Inn

Directions:
At the Quaker Square Inn. I-77/I-76 exit 22A, then north on Broadway for about 1.5 miles. On the right.
Hours:
July 2013: Reported closed, still visible.
Status:
Closed

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Sleep in a Grain Silo

According to their website, the University closed the inn on June 30, 2013 and is converting the remaining hotel rooms into student housing.

[R. Scott Jones, 08/08/2013]
Quaker Square

Quaker Square was recently purchased by the University of Akron and the grain silo hotel is now a residence hall!

[Cindy Laveck, 01/23/2009]

Although it's now owned by the University, the Quaker State Inn (as it's now known) still functions as a hotel, and travelers are welcome to sleep there.

Quaker Square - Sleep in a Grain Silo

This place is a grain elevator converted into a hotel.

[Richard Arter, 07/18/2004]

Rooms are 1,000 square feet, stacked in 36 turn-of-the-century grain silos converted into swank accommodations.


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