Dugway Brook West Br walking tour

Cleveland Heights
Rocks and Waters 2015
Sat, May 30, 10:00 am
Sponsors
Roy Larick, Korbi Roberts & Jim Miller
Leaders
Walk back in time
Look to the Future
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Berea Sandstone outcrop
below Rock Ct
© 2015 Bluestone Heights
K. Roberts, photo
Bluestone
Heights
bluestoneheights.org
Dugway Brook
West Branch walking tour

Saturday, May 30, 2015
On sidewalks and in some ravines, we
follow the old stream course through
Coventry and Lake View Cemetery.
Park
2843 Washington Blvd
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Call 216-291-4878 to request
a second departure.
The tour is now fully reserved.
10:00 Intro in theater
10:30 Hike departure
~noon Return to parking lot
Dugway Brook
(old Coventry School)
Meet: Ensemble Theater
Ensemble
Theater
North

Euclid bluestone terrace
Berea sandstone terrace
lake plain
Lake View Cemetery
Dugway Brook West Branch is a
feature of Cleveland’s East Side
Portage Escarpment, with
terrace and gorge landscapes.
Southeast
escarpment face
At seven stops, from Edgehill Rd to
Lake View Cemetery, we view
nature and history along the old
stream channel.
2
3
4
5 6
7
USGS LiDAR; Google Earth
1

On the Dugway escarpment,
glacial advance created a
terraced bedrock topography.
North
In retreat, glacial meltwater cut
through the terraces to form a
gorge.
On the sandstone
terrace, just a few
ravine segments
remain.
Walking tour pathway
(south to north)1
2
345
6
7
Edgehill Rd
CoventryRdE Overlook Rd
On the bluestone
terrace, the ravines
are too deep to bury.
DBWB culvert alignment
Courtesy of NEORSD

We follow the meltwater channel from
the top of the Berea Sandstone to the
bottom of the Euclid bluestone … © 2015 Bluestone Heights
On the Dugway escarpment,
glacial advance created a
terraced bedrock topography.
In retreat, glacial meltwater cut
through the terraces to form a
gorge.
North
On the sandstone
terrace, just a few
ravine segments
remain.
On the bluestone
terrace, the ravines
are too deep to bury.
1
2
345
6
7
DBWB culvert alignment
Courtesy of NEORSD
Walking tour pathway
(south to north)
Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd CoventryRd

Two slides on geology
North
1
2
345
6
7
Edgehill Rd
DBWB background information
Six slides on history

At the Dugways, the Portage Escarpment has
several hard rock layers. Most important are
Berea Sandstone
Euclid bluestone

In settling the Heights, sandstone, flowing water
and groundwater were important resources.
The Dugway WB landscape generated several early
water related industries, now almost forgotten.
We’ll find them in the tour stops ...
Portage Escarpment profile at Dugway west branch

North
Mayfield Rd
CoventryRd
pond
pond
Extracting from Nature
On the DBWB bluestone waterfall
Caleb Eddy timeline
1754 Born, Morristown, NJ
1877 Drafted into the Revolutionary Army
1779 Married Esther (3 offspring) (d. 1786)
1782 Baptized at First Presbyterian of Morristown
1788 Married Nancy McIlrath Jones (6 offspring)
1805 Son David moved to Euclid, built cabin
1806 Moved to Euclid
1807 Helped found the Euclid Church
1809 Built gristmill on Dugway Brook west branch?
1811 Bought ~108 acres in lot 7, including mill site
1814 Sold lot 7 (154 a) to Reynolds Cahoon
1818 Caleb buried in the Euclid Church cemetery*
1838 Nancy Blinn buried in Euclid Church cemetery
Caleb Eddy: first gristmill
Caleb Eddy, 1754-1818
Nancy McIlrath Jones
Eddy Blinn, 1761-1838
* Current First Presbyterian Church of E Cleveland

1874
1898
CoventryRd
Euclid Hts Blvd
CoventryRd
Euclid Hts Blvd
A.W. Duty was instrumental in establishing East Side
brickyards, including a very early exploitation on Mayfield
Rd. Duty built a brick house on ‘Coventry’, south of
Edgehill. Worthy Streator later bought the land.
V. Titus, 1874
G. Mueller, 1898
Beginning in the 1830s, Dugway west branch
held quarries for bluestone and sandstone
A.W. Duty house
In 1864, a real estate accommodation provided
access to Dugway Brook WB, or a spring, for the lot
48 farms of B.F. Phillips and, later, J.P. Preyer.
lot 48
lot 48
lot 7
lot 8 lot 49
lot 7
lot 8
lot 49
Spring water and brick clay were also important

1858
Ashbury Ave
Mayfield Rd
V. Titus, 1874
G. Hopkins, 1858
By 1858, the gorge had several owners seeking industry (yellow box).
Lake View Rd ascended the hill, from Euclid Ave to Mayfield Rd.
lot 7
lot 8
CoventryRd

Possible alignments for the Lake View Rd ramp
between lake plain and bluestone terrace (purple)
North
Mayfield Rd
CoventryRd
pond
pond

In 1887, Jacob Mandelbaum
bought 20.649 acres in lot 7 for
the Mayfield Cemetery. More
land was obtained in lot 6.
In 1890, plans were laid for the
Mayfield sexton’s house, built
c. 1900 of Berea Sandstone.
In 1869, Lake View Cemetery was established. LVC quarried
bluestsone for retaining walls and small buildings.
In 1928, the Mayfield Rd retaining wall rose on LVC bluestone.
1898
G. Mueller, 1898
Burying the Dead
bluestone retaining wall

1898: M.M. Brown: Mayfield Heights
1909: G.W. Deming: Forest Hill
DBWB remained open
through much of Forest Hill
1892: P.C. Calhoun
Euclid Heights
1920: Coventry School
Housing the middle class1912
CoventryRd
Sexton’s house
Mayfield Heights
Forest Hill
EuclidHeights
1920
CoventryRd
G. Hopkins, 1920
Forest Hill
The Allotments
North
G. Hopkins, 1912

We touch the natural base of the suburban
built environment and broach issues of stream
conservation and urban development.
In seven stops along
terraces and ravines …
North
1
2
345
6
7
Edgehill Rd
DBWB walking tour stop outline
We seek to illuminate Dugway denizens
who have used local rocks and waters
for milling, quarrying and building, as
well as for burying the dead and
schooling children.

Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
North
Looking north to Edgehill Rd, where DBWB lies in a
Berea Sandstone ravine. At Edgehill, the stream
enters this culvert to flow through Coventry Village.
R.Larick
Stop 1: Edgehill ravine & culvert
2837 Edgehill Rd
1
R. Larick

Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
North
Looking north
K. Roberts
Stop 2: Rock Ct. sandstone outcrop
West of Rock Ct, behind the Coventry
Village municipal parking structure.
A number of quarry parcels
were deeded within Euclid Twp
Lot 7 (160 acres). Ezra Lacy
began at one in 1834. G.
Compton worked one in 1852.
Alex Ormiston, Jr. came in 1858.
J.W. Hawkins had a parcel in
1874. Ormiston went on to
quarry bluestone on Dugway
east branch (Forest Hill Park).
2
R. Larick
Berea Sandstone with
massive bedding

Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
Stop 3: Mayfield Cemetery Sexton’s house
2749 Mayfield Rd
‘Crenelated’
Revival house
built, ~1900, with
massive Berea
Sandstone.
R. Larick
3
Looking northeast across Mayfield Rd

CoventryRd
Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
North
K Roberts
R. Larick
J. Miller
Stop 4: Mayfield culvert outflow
Lake View Cemetery
4 Exiting the culvert,
DBWB flows on top of
the Euclid bluestone.Looking southeast across Mayfield Rd.

CoventryRd
Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
North
K Roberts
R. Larick
Stop 4: Old Lake View Rd Mayfield terminus
Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland Memory Project
4
Looking northwest across Mayfield Rd

Edgehill Rd
North
K Roberts
R. Larick
R. Larick
Stop 5: Eddy mill/upper bluestone quarry
Lake View Cemetery
Eddy mill site
below and to right
5
Looking eastward along
curved quarry wall

CoventryRd
North
K Roberts
Looking upstream Looking downstream
R. Larick
Stop 6: Cleveland Shale waterfall
Lake View Cemetery
6

Flaggy bedding
North
R. Larick
Stop 6: Lower bluestone quarry
Lake View Cemetery
Massive bedding
6
Lake View Cemetery Association
Lower quarry, c. 1890
Looking southwest on Quarry Rd

Stop 7: NEORSD flood control dam
Lake View Cemetery
Built in 1979 to control floodwater descending
from University Hts and Cleveland Hts.
Behind the dam
J. MillerK. Roberts
7
Looking southwest

Coventry
School
sandstone
bungalow
North
Bramson
house
Euclid Hts Blvd ravine
CoventryRd
Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
Sites of interest near the tour pathway
Edgehill
outcrop

CoventryRd
Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
Bramson house
2837 E Overlook Rd
Built 1936, of cobblestones, some from
the stream bed. Building material reflects
the bungalow style. Massing has the
influence of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Bramson was a late
addition to Grant
Deming’s Forest Hill
allotment of 1909.
East bank of the DBWB
ravine, on top of the
Berea Sandstone
K. Roberts
R. Larick
Looking north from E Overlook

North
Behind the Edgehill southside houses, a Berea
Sandstone outcrop overhangs the stream.
R.Larick
Edgehill Berea sandstone outcrop
2837 Edgehill Rd
R. Larick
Looking north
toward Edgehill

Edgehill Rd
Coventry School
Along Euclid Hts Blvd, a small
ravine holds a west-flowing
tributary of Dugway Brook WB.
Google Maps
The first Coventry School
graced the intersection of
Washington and Euclid Heights
Blvds from 1920 to 1974.
1977?
1922
1968
CH Hist Cent
CH Hist Cent
1924

Edgehill Rd
E Overlook Rd
sandstone bungalow
1786 Cadwell Ave
High style bungalow built ~1911,
with massive Berea Sandstone
K. Roberts
Part of M.M. Brown’s
Mayfield Heights
allotment of 1898
Looking west
from Cadwell

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Looking to explore more of Dugway Brook west branch?
Try Jim Miller’s Facebook photo essays on East Side streams including DBWB
J. Miller

LeeRd
STaylorRd
WarCentRd
Cedar Rd
Fairmount Blvd
Silsby Rd
Hillbrook Rd
Still more to do on Dugway Brook west branch
Motivate along Meadowbrook Blvd, between Warrensville Center and Lee Rds.
In this stretch, DBWB cuts a gentle ravine through the Cuyahoga Shale. For DBEB, Washington Blvd
lies in the equivalent ravine. For Nine Mile Creek, Belvoir Blvd (Cedar to Mayfield) is the same.

Overturned car on Meadowbrook Information: Bruce Elliot
Historic Images
Stormwater problem is not new
Flood of June 1, 1959: 3.9 inches of rain fell between 1:30 and 2:45 pm

Saturday, May 30, 2015
On sidewalks and in some ravines, we
follow the old stream course through
Coventry and Lake View Cemetery.
Park
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
10:00 Intro in theater
10:30 Hike departure
~noon Return to parking lot
Dugway Brook
Ensemble
Theater
North
Call 216-291-4878 to request
a second departure.
The tour is now fully reserved.
(old Coventry School)
Meet: Ensemble Theater

Roy Larick
Walk back in time
Look to the Future
Euclid bluestone outcrop
Doan Brook, Cleveland OH
Bluestone Heights
R. Larick
A production by
bluestoneheights.org
roylarick@gmail.com

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