exploring burk run hillandale
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Burk Run/Hillandale. A unique nature-culture weave in Euclid, Ohio. At the Euclid-Wickliffe line, Burk Run cuts north through the Painesville Moraine to cross Euclid Ave. In 1847, the Isaac E. Brush family built a substantial Greek Revival house. Charles Franklin Brush was born here. In 1898, J.R. Outhwaite built Hillandale in Euclid. J.E.French built Nutwood in Wickliffe. In 1910, Nela Park developer, Burton Tremaine, bought Hillandale. He quickly built the log house and, later, the Hillandale bridge. Current owners of ~80 acres of ecologically significant land include the Providence Missionary Baptist Church and the City of Euclid. The Burk Run Hillandale tour explores the stream's cut through the Painesville Moraine and possibilities for conserving the area a Euclid Escarpment Ravine Preserve.TRANSCRIPT
City of Euclid Recreation
5 pm, Sun, Oct 12, 2014
Roy Larick
Bluestone Heights
Meet: Hillandale Park, Hillandale Drive, Euclid, OH 44132
Euclidian Place walking tour, October 12, 2014
A Euclid nature-culture gem
Burk Run / Hillandale
Euclid History Museum
Cleveland Memory Project
Information: [email protected]
With glacial retreat, 18,000 years ago, rushing melt water generated many streams along the Portage Escarpment. Euclid Creek formed between the pre-glacial Cuyahoga and Chagrin valleys.
EuclidMoraine
bluestone
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Euclid Creek
watershed
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Hillandale and glacial retreat
Chagrin ValleyCuyahoga Valley
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Hillandale
North of the Euclid Moraine, in Euclid, a half-dozen escarpment runs formed with flows directly to Lake Erie. Burk Run is the largest of these streams. Hillandale lies on an important Burk Run headwater.
Lake Erie
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Euclid and Painesville Moraines
Euclid
Moraine
The Portage Escarpment in Euclid
East branch
USGS LiDAR elevations railsandtrails.com Google Earth aerial viewer
During its northward retreat, the last ice front stalled twice at the north edge of the Portage Escarpment. With each stall, a ridge of fine debris (moraine) accumulated along the front.
Chardon Rd
Painesville
Moraine
1. About 16,000 years ago, ice retreat stalled atop the escarpment edge. The Euclid Moraine was laid down. Locally, the Euclid forced melt water westward, thereby forming Euclid Creek east branch.
2. About 14,000 years ago, ice retreat stalled at the escarpment base. The Painesville Moraine was laid down.
At Hillandale, small head-waters gathered to flow northward to Lake Erie.
Burk Run was thus formed.
In Wickliffe, the Painesville forced melt water eastward to the Chagrin Valley. Pete’s Pond and Gully Brook were thus formed.
Pete’s Pond Gully Brook
Burk Run
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Burk Run / Hillandale
Painesvile Moraine
Doan Brook gorge, looking southeast
Old Ambleside
Euclid Chardon Rd
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Moraine
Euclid Ave
Painesville Moraine
Hillandale
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Brush Rd
Babbitt Run
Burk Run / HillandaleWave- and Stream-Cut Moraine
stream cut moraine
wave cut moraine
St Clair Terrace
The Euclid Moraine lay above the highest reach of ancestral Lake Erie. For a brief period, the Painesville Moraine formed an ancestral Lake Erie shoreline.
The Painesville’s northern area was therefore cut flat by wave action. Waves never touched the southern area. Here, stream action has cut deep ravines.
stream cut moraine
wave cut moraine
St Clair
Terrace
county line
Euclid History Museum
Euclid Ave
Burk Run / HillandaleI-90 Euclid Spur, July 29, 1962
View southeast from the borrow pit
borrow pitDeKalb Clay
Burk Run
The DeKalb Clay lies just below the St Clair Terrace surface.
From the 1820s to the 1940s, bricks were made of the DeKalb.
Downtown Wickliffe building have origins the the DeKalb Clay.
As the ‘Wickliffe Ridge’, the Painesville Moraine has wave cut and stream cut bands.
Burk Run
Painesville
Moraine
Euclid Moraine
Euclid A
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Babbit Run
county line
Burk Tract
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W’by HillsRichmond Hts
Babbit Run
Brush house and grounds, looking NE.
Brush front porch
CWRU
CWRU
Euclid History Museum
Isaac Brush house, built on the the Painesville Moraine in 1847. Charles F. Brush was born here in 1849.
Early HistoryIn 1798, Joseph Burk opened an inn where Euclid Ave crossed Burk Run. Hospitality remains significant in local commerce.
In 1847, the Isaac E. Brush family arrived from Upstate New York. They built a substantial Greek Revival house near the head of current Magnolia Dr.
Brush property (260 a)
Burk Run / Hillandale
Burk Run
Painesville
county line
C.F. Brush birthplace Euclid Wickliffe
Original Brush Rd
Euclid
Ave
Hillandale
Nutwood
Hillandale bridge
Nutwood bridge
EstatesDuring the late 1890s, summer estates arose on the Painesville Moraine (Wickliffe Ridge). In 1898, J.R. Outhwaite built Hillandale in Euclid. J.E. French built Nutwood in Wickliffe.
In 1910, Nela Park developer, Burton Tremaine, bought Hillandale. He quickly built the log house and, later, the Hillandale bridge.
Beautiful Homes of Cleveland (1914)Outhwaite house (1898). Later Cuy-La Rest home. Demolished in 2008.
Hillandale bridge (c. 1920)
Nutwood bridge (c.1900)
Moraine
Burk Run / Hillandale
Cleveland Memory Project
R. Larick
Burk
Run
C.F. Brush birthplace
BMV E-check
Euclid Moraine
Euclid
Wickliffe
Willoughby Hills
Richmond Heights
Original Brush Rd
Euclid
Medical
Bldg
Euclid
Ave
Hillandale
Whittlesey Terrace
Telshe Yeshiva
Nutwood
Hillandale bridge
Nutwood bridge
county line
Providence Missionary Baptist Ch (2 parcels: 22 & 45 a)City of Euclid (5 parcels)John F. Aten (4 parcels including the Tremaine log house)
Burk Run / HillandaleCurrent Owners
Burk
Run
Euclid
Ave
Nutwood
Euclid MoraineRichmond Heights
Euclid
Wickliffe
Willoughby Hills
Painesville
Moraine
Telshe Yeshiva
Euclid
Medical
Bldg
C.F. Brush birthplace
BMV E-check Providence Missionary Baptist Ch (2 parcels: 22 & 45 a)
City of Euclid (5 parcels)John F. Aten (4 parcels including the Tremaine log house)
Known current Hillandale owners:Original Brush Rd
Whittlesey Terrace
Hillandale bridge
Nutwood bridge
Providence Missionary Baptist Ch (2 parcels: 22 & 45 a)City of Euclid (5 parcels)John F. Aten (4 parcels including the Tremaine log house)
county line
Hillandale
Current OwnersBurk Run / Hillandale
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Euclid Bluestone Terrace
Euclid
Moraine
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terra
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Creek
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East branch
Claribel Creek
Stevenson Brook
Berea S
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terrace
Headwaters for the escarp-ment runs and Euclid Creek east branch begin atop the terrace. On it, each stream cuts a knick point waterfall and gorge.
During the last 14,000 years, the bluestone knick points have migrated upstream.
D. Lawrence
USGS LiDAR elevations railsandtrails.com Google Earth aerial viewer
Bluestone Knick Points
Redstone Run
Highland Reserve
Greenwood Farm
Chardon Rd
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On the East Side, the Euclid Bluestone Terrace is a broad expanse of hard sandstone. The cap rock resisted Ice Age glacial buldozing.
In current terms, the bluestone cap rock forms a large terrace stretching from Cleveland Heights eastward to the Chagrin River.
The Portage Escarpment in Euclid
Burk Run / Hillandale
Burk Run
Euclid bluestone cap, Redstone RunPainesvile Moraine
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Escarpment Ravine Preserves
Euclid
Moraine
bluestone
terra
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Creek
Euclid
Mai
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East branch
Claribel Creek
Stevenson Brook
Berea S
andstone
terrace
D. Lawrence
Euclid bluestone cap, Redstone Run
USGS LiDAR elevations railsandtrails.com Google Earth aerial viewer
Burk Run
Green Creek
Lilly Run
Babbitt Run
Below their bluestone knick points, the escarpment runs cut mostly through soft moraine deposits.
The resulting ravines are short but deep and voluminious. They have special ecologies.
Four large escarpment ravines are available for conservation within the City of Euclid.
Redstone Run
Highland Reserve R
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Chardon Rd
Greenwood Farm
The Portage Escarpment in Euclid
Burk Run / Hillandale
The headwater ravines are ripe for conservation. Now is time to preserve these ecological treasures.
Painesvile Moraine
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Escarpment Ravine Eco Inventory
Euclid
Moraine
bluestone
terra
ce
Creek
Euclid
Mai
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anch
East branch
Claribel Creek
Stevenson Brook
Berea S
andstone
terrace
D. Lawrence
Euclid bluestone cap, Redstone Run
USGS LiDAR elevations railsandtrails.com Google Earth aerial viewer
Burk Run
Green Creek
Lilly Run
Babbitt Run
Redstone Run
With data in hand, we may find ways re-weave the nature-culture balance in favor of nature and toward a higher quality of life on the greater East Side.
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Chardon Rd
Greenwood Farm
The Portage Escarpment in Euclid
In 2015, Bluestone Heights will undertake an ecological inventory within each of the four ravines. The results will help determine the ecological value (natural capital) present within the City of Euclid.
Burk Run at Hillandale is one of the four ravines.
Burk Run / Hillandale
Painesvile Moraine
City of Euclid Recreation
5 pm, Sun, Oct 12, 2014
Roy Larick
Bluestone Heights
Meet: Hillandale Park, Hillandale Drive, Euclid, OH 44132
Euclidian Place walking tour, October 12, 2014
A Euclid nature-culture gem
Burk Run / Hillandale
Euclid History Museum
Cleveland Memory Project
Information: [email protected]