The Mustill Store Museum: A Jewel in the Cascade Locks Park Association in Akron, Ohio
The Cascade Locks Park Association is a non-profit organization that owns and maintains the Cascade locks at their museum. The Cascade Locks are the only ones of this type remaining on an operational canal system today! Their work with volunteers has restored many items to working order such as wooden boat building equipment and steam engines which now run again thanks to all those involved. Learn more here.
One of their many projects includes the ongoing restoration of the Mustill Store Museum in Akron, Ohio which has been designated as a historic landmark by Cascade Locks Foundation. The Cascade Locks Park Association works with other organizations and volunteers to make this project possible. This small building was first opened as a general store by Joseph and Emma Mustill over 100 years ago. It still sells many of the same items from those early days, such as stamps and candy. The Cascade Locks Park Association also hosts summer camps, an annual festival with games and food, and more activities throughout the year.
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This is a great place for not only the Cascade Locks Park Association members and volunteers, but also for visitors to Ohio to come and see. They have guided tours through the museum as well as open houses where you can learn more about this building's history of being used during both WWI and WWII! The Mustill Store Museum in Akron, Ohio provides an amazing opportunity to enjoy living history with those that help keep it alive. Great place for visiting members & volunteers along with visitors from out of town coming in to learn about its interesting past including seeing first hand how the canal was operated during both World Wars.
