Dunham (Egypt) Road and its Settlers
Little Egypt Section of Walton Hills Album
Album 2
Other Little Egypt Families: Black - Kolis - Wills Kitson Timko Tonsing 1 Silk - Telicheck Hesoun Kadarabek - Klukan Wolf Rizer Rezac - Chvatal Peterman Grams Ridsdale Svec Viach Dolejs - Featherstun Dean Hungerford - Osborne - Benjamin - Carter- Kali
Egypt School
Cottages along Dunham (Egypt) Road
Sagamore Hills Beer Garden
- Boy Scout Cabin - the Old Hermit Herrnit Hollow Picnic Pavilion
Tink's Tavem - Tinkers Creek Tavem
Tate - Mighton - Groh - Spieth Family
- Mars Wager Quarry - Black Beauty Riding Academy Dziczkowski Family
New York Central Freight Une - Railroad Houses
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s.=•,£5.RnpiL ) On this Web Site also see Unks about Dunham / Egypt Road and its Settlers: - Book: The V#/age of Walton Hi//s Dacing Our Heritage, by Jean and Robert Kainsinger, c. 1986 p. 100-111 Book. Historical Sites in Our Parks: Historic Sites in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Bedford Reservation within the Boundaries of the Vi//age of Walton Hills, by Jean and Bob Kainsinger, c. 2004,2006 p. 25-36 Album of Maps: Includes many maps of Dunham / Egypt Road
Also: Additional photos and memorabilia are on exhibit at the Walton Hills Historical Resource Center, Community Room, Walton Hills Village Hall, comer of Walton and Alexander Roads, Walton Hills Ohio
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Until he died in 1867, Moses Gleeson was the principal landowner in the Community of Little Egypt. Gradually, other people bought land along Little Egypt roads.
Some of the farm families lived off their land, some were tnick farmers who earned money by peddling their vegetables, fruit, chickens, ducks, geese and smoked meals in urban Cleveland, and at least one farm family operated a cheese factory.
Little Egypt land owners found creative ways to raise enough cash to pay their property tax bills. Some farmers cut down chestnut, walnut and maple trees that were abundant in this area, and sold the logs to nearby lumber yards. Some of the men took jobs with Cuyahoga County - working on road construction in this area, In the late 1800s and early 190Os, some men had full-time jobs in nearby urban areas, and with the help of their wife and children, farmed their land and took care of the farm animals in their spare time.
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GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST The Village of Walton Hills: Tracing Our Heritage
by Jean and Bob Kainsinger
This is the second in a series of articles in the Walton Hills Owl. Future articles will discuss: 1936-Early 1960's----Conelly Repaints the Landscape 1940 - 1945 The WORLD WAR II YEARS
AN OVERVIEW More people started moving into this part of Bedford Township. But the newcomers weren't farmers as in the past. They probably had defense-related jobs. These men most likely had deferments or were past the draft age.
Our new residents had moved away from the city, thinking living in the country offered their family more safety. They didn't want to rely on war-time food rations. Rather, they wanted to be able to provide their own food for their family. Many of the children were eager to move out here because they could have horses on their large-sized lots, and they could ride them on the numerous horse trails in nearby Bedford Metropolitan Park.
ONE FAMILY'S STORY One such family was the Kolis family. In August 1941 Joe and Anna Kolis bought an old farm house on 27 acres of land along Dunham Road.
Like most of the other old farmhouses in the area there was no inside plumbing nor central heating. The only water going into the house was cranked from a pump in the kitchen. The Kolises tackled the job of modernizing the house and made it their permanent residence.
Kolis worked full-time at Cleveland Pneumatic Tool. With the help ofhis wife and children, he also fanned his acreage, cared for horses, and raised cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits and pigeons.
Kolis rebuilt an old smokehouse that sat on the property. The family cured and smoked their own sausages, ham and bacon. On the outside of the smokehouse was an oven the Kolis family members regularly used to make bread.
In the 1950's Joseph started using some of his acreage for a nursery that is still in evidence today.
Anna Kolis, who is now 92, still lives in the house today. Her son Ray, and his wife Esther, live next door. Anna's daughter, Joan Wills, lives across the street.
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THE KOLISES The William Black homestead at 7250 Dunham Road dates back to c. 1854. Black built the house on the 100 acres he purchased in 1837. Linda Alber was born in the house. Her family farmed their land and are remembered by some old timers for their plum orchard and raspberry and strawberry patches. Linda married Willis Kitson. The young couple bought part of the old Alexander farm, but until they built a house on their Alexander Road property, Linda and Willis Kitson lived in the 1 Dunham Road house.
Joseph and Anna Kolis purchased twenty-seven acres of farmland in I 1941. Anna and the children pitched in to care for their wide variety of animals, vegetables, hay, and field corn, so Joseph could continue to work full-time at Cleveland Pneumatic Tool. Their animals included horses, cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits, and pigeons. Anna had a very large boar that challenged the riding skills of adventurous neigh- borhood youngsters. After rebuilding an old smokehouse found on the property, the family cured and smoked their own sausages, ham, and bacon. On the outside of the smokehouse was an oven which family members regularly used to make bread. Like most of the other old farmhouses along Dunham Road in the I 1940's, there was no inside plumbing nor central heating. The only water going into the house was cranked from a pump in the kitchen. The Kolises tackled the job of modernizing the house.
1 In the 1950's Joseph started his plans for a nursery that is still in evidence todam As the years continued, he and Anna turned their whole farm into a nurserf Today it is managed by their son, Raymond who lives with his wife, Esther, at 7216 Dunham Road. Joan Wills, daughter of Joseph and Anna Kolis, also lives on the street where she was raised. Joan bought the William Hadden cottage across the road at 7257 Dunham Road. She has since enlarged and modernized the home that had been one of three houses in a row owned by Hadden - brothers. -- GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST (cont. p.2) 1 -- 1940 - 1945 The WORLD WAR II YEARS
WORLD WAR. II PIG FARMS During the World War II for civilians was years, meat scarce and rationed. Great efforts were taken by our government to provide adequate meat for our armed forces. Farmers were encouraged to raise pigs, thus helping with the pork supply. To help provide food for farmers raising pigs, local governments set up collection areas. Restaurants and residents were urged to take their food scraps to these dump centers. In turn, farmers collected the garbage from a nearby center and dumped the slop over fields they set aside for pigs.
the western section of Alexander Road Along and along Dunham Road from the Astorhurst south, families raised pigs as well as other animals for their own family, for profit, and in part to aid the war efforts. Linda and Willis Kitson owned a large 66-acre truck farm on both the north and south sides of Alexander Road, where three churches are located today. Twice each day, Linda Kitson drove her dump truck to Shaker restaurants Heights' and garbage deposits. She collected enough feed for the pigs she and Willis raised.
Winds carried the odor from the pig farms eastward, and the smells must have been pungent. Our residents put up with the smell during World War II, but after the war ended it was a different New home story. owners, especially people who had bought lots in the Walton Road area and had recently moved into their new weren't houses, willing to put up with odors they considered offensive. They confronted the Bedford Township Trustees, seeking legislation to ban pig farming. There wasn't much the Township Trustees could legally do to help them.
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ANNA KOLIS' HOUSE at 7250 Dunham Road is The KITSON HOUSE at 14660 Alexander Road was built in the renovated and modernized. Joe and Anna Kolis early1930's. This 1986 photo views the house after it was enlarged bought the farmhouse and 27 acres in 1941. The and remodeled. Now it is the home of The Reverend Zygmunt and homestead dates back to c.1854 when William Halina Tujaka ofthe Sacred Heart ofJesus Polish National Catholic Black built the house on 100 acres he purchased Church. in 1837. (2002 photo)
-12- Name: William Black Farmhouse Address: 7250 Dunham Road Date Built: c. 1854 William Black built this house on the 100 acres he purchased in 1837.
Linda Alber was bom in the William Black house. Her family farmed the land and are remembered by some old-timers for their plum orchard and raspberry and strawberry patches. Linda Alber married Willis Kitson. Soon after they were married, the young couple bought 63 acres of farmland on the north and south sides of Alexander Road from the Alexander family, for a farm of their own.
the children Joseph and Anna Kolis purchased 27 acres of the farmland and the house in 1941. Anna and so could continue to work pitched in to care for their wide variety of animals, vegetables, hay and field com, Joseph full-time at Cleveland Pneumatic Tool. After rebuilding an old smokehouse found on the property, the family cured and smoked their own sausages, ham and bacon. On the outside of the smokehouse was an oven which family members regularly used to make bread.
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The People of Little Egypt Until he died in 1867, Moses Gleeson was the principal landowner in the Community of Little Egypt. Gradually, other people bought land along Egypt Road. Some of the fann families lived off their land, some were truck farmers who earned money by peddling their vegetables, fnjit, chickens, ducks, gee and smoked meats in urban Cleveland, and at least one farm family operated a cheese factory. To pay tax bills and raise some cash, some farrners cut down chestnut walnut and maple trees, and sold the logs at nearby lumber yards. -32- I .- 111 91'. & 0 -7 - . 4 4 1, 42 * 11 9 =2 4. S = - * - " .' 1 b * ,„.9 91 .... -- '4# i : f . .9. - " -. 4 .. I . A - . * '* - - . 7.- - - k « A - =-' , /3 . -
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The older Hesoun children, as well as Antonia, frequently led their horse-drawn wagon down the side streets of East 55th and Broadway to peddle their produce, eggs, and poultry. Yaro Hesoun and Helen Eglit, two of the children, recall the marketing days. Egypt Road as well as several other roads they traveled were dirt roads, full of ruts and holes which were difficult to negotiate. They followed Egypt Road to Tinker's Creek Road to Canal Road andthen climbed up the East 71st Street hill to their territorf Three ofthe Hesoun children chose to live on the family land when they married. Yaro, the oldest son, bought land infront ofhis parents' house. In 1946 he built a house (7200 Dunham Road) for himself and his wife, Eleanore, where they stilllive todaf Joseph and his wife, Anna, bought five acres from his parents and built a house at 7140 Dunham Road. Six years later, in 1941 when his house burned down, he built a new brick one on the same property. Joe's sister, Helen, and her husband, Charles Eglit, now own and live in that home. Residents may remember Joe Hesoun's fruit and vegetable stand, from the 1930's tothe 1960's. HelenEglitrecalls how people came from near and far to buy Joe's prized varieties ofpeaches, plums, pears, and apples. 103 12-199/ un overnv /2-/99I CAN ANY OTH 6#Ah ;Ah/WAWA iNT TOP THIS? by Bob Kainsinger Two long-time residents of what later became Walton Hills are Yaro Hesoun and Ryland Rizer. In 1913 at the age of 5, Yaro Hesoun moved into the township. His parents rented the 200-acre Wager farm stretching along the east side of Egypt Road. Two years later Yaro's dad was able to purchase sixteen acres across the street and built a house for his wife and seven children. The Hesouns were truck farmers. They grew fruits and vegetables and raised chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Family members worked together to farm and market their crop. Yaro recalls how he helped pave Alexander Road from Canal Road east to Dunham Road in 1928. He operated a truck and steam shovel for the contractor who had the job of concreting that section of the road. Several local farmers worked on county road crews when they could afford the time. The extra money helped them pay the taxes on their acreage. Yaro and his wife Eleanor bought land in front of his parents' house. In 1946 they built their house at 7200 Dunham Road where they raised their four children; Edward, Jerry (deceased), Louise O'Toole and Norman. \ Yaro Hesoun (left) - --1 ---=, , Ryland Rizer d (right) ./1 "9 1,1 I :·i -il:eil.2 -- 1 - f ,/.r-- \ 73 years ago in 1918 Ryland Rizer was born in a farmhouse on Northfield Road, where CEI lines now stand. He attended first grade at Central School and then moved to neighboring areas for the next few years. In 1927 Ry moved back into the township when his parents bought the farmhouse and 56 acres ' on the north side of Alexander Road, stretching from the west township border to today's Gospel House Center. Ry and his wife Bernice built their house at 14039 Alexander Road where they raised their four children; Nancy (Anslow), Dennis, Gail (deceased) and Patricia. In 1955 Ry, along with Chet Ramos (7207 Dunham Road) and Les Rondina, worked many long days building a baseball diamond complete with backstop on Walton Hills Estates property thus creating a home field for the local boys' 1 Little League games. Ry and Bunny have seen lots of changes in the Village. They think back to the days when Alexander Road was a sleepy, country, gravel-covered roadway; especially when they wait for traffic to clear so they can exit their driveway! -10- ---- to-d».1 „e 0 NUAIN YARO HESOUN INTERVIEW EGYPT SCHOOL 7215 Dunham Road -"7 Dunham Road from Tinker's Creek up the hill south was called Egypt Road ar 01&4 Grades 1 to 8 Teachers: Miss Mylander and Miss Huffman are remembered 02 Closed: not enough youngsters, so Yaro had to walk to Walton School. 5-u Hessouns recall the Bedford Schools: Interstate, Old Central High, Ellenwood, Moody was built in 1921, Walton School, Egypt School Sterling Walton was a school bus driver as was Bill Rid eway Willings had a chestnut grove. Yaro, at age 8,9 or so, would go there to pick chestnuts. He could keep 1/2, half went to owner. Yaro remembers Jack Willing who lived in the railroad house on Button Road. Yaro was a truckdriver for a contractor. Yaro had the job to help pave (concrete) Alexander Road from Canal to Dunham Road. He drove a steam shovel. Before that Alexander Road was gravel schard top" Yaro remembers mudslides and rockslides along Button Road. He remembers it being closed off into 2 parts. Yaro remembers the railroad line being built They rerouted Egbert Road so they would only have to build one bridge. Mesouns rented the Ramos house and farm at 7207 Dunham. Yaro said his father sold some property to Henry Dziczkowski (7135 Dunham.) and to the Zelinas. JI 17 A#46*d Yaro and Eleanor Hesoun 7200 Dunham Road 232-0662 (both dead, house torn down) 1 L64-4-£*HU Charles and Helen Eglit 7140 Dunham Road 232-9436 Miles Avenue Church of Christ: rectory house: 7182 Dunham Rev. Donald Newlan (retired) aro Hesoun interview 8-21-91 Yaro was born 6-26-1907 street for 3 years (the house now lived in by Chester Ramos) 2:4 in 1914 his father built the house in back ofYaro's (the Rectory house) Yaro has lived on and off in the village ever since. In 1946 he built a small house in front ofhis parents, and there he and Eleanor and the 4 kids lived. He married Eleanor and raised 4 children: Edward, Jerry (deceased), Louise O'Toole, Norman CHelenEglit interyiew 8-19-85 Helen Eglit moved here in 1913 MichaEr Antonia Hesoun moved here in 1913. They rented 200 acres ofthe Wager farm, across the street from Yaro's house They had 7 children: Helen, Yaro, John, Charles, Julia, Joseph, Sylvia -- All born in Cleveland Then Michael Hesoun bought 16 acres on the west side ofDunham Road from Mrs. Beneda They built their house--it is the one the minister lives in (the rectory house) They were truck farmers. To peddle, they traveled by horse and wagon, sometimes a team of horses, sometimes one horse. Antonia would sometimes drive the horse and wagon to sell vegetables and eggs and chickens and geese and turkeys. Yaro remembers selling with Antonia. Their route: Dunham Road to Tinkers Creek Road to Canal Road -- or Dunham to Turney Road. they sold produce and meat in the Jones Road neighborhood, Broadway and 55th neighborhood The Dolejses owned the farm and house by Sommerset Drive/Dunham Road. Then they bought Egypt School. There was a bus line. Bill Sayles owned the line and was the bus driver. The line went past Dunham -- south end to Dunham and Tinker's Creek Road, then turned around, north to Tinker's Creek, Canal, 71st to Broadway. End ofthe line was Broadway. Helen's brother, Joe, lived in this house (7140 Dunham) with Anna, his wife, since about 1935. Joe had bought 5 acres from his mother, Antonia Hesoun. Joe had a frame house-lightning struck it and it burned down. In 1941 Joe built this brick house. In late 1940's Helen helped Joe sell fruits and vegetables out in front. In 1960 Ann died. Joe lived here alone. In 1979 Helen and Charles moved in with Joe to care for him. There are still fruit trees on the property that bear fruit. People came from all over to get Joe's fruits: peaches, plums, pears, apples. Michael and Antonia Hesoun,sold 4 acres to Alesiak and Dzina. Michael died in 1940. Helen remembers bob sledding down Snake Hill with the Carey kids, Andrew Lytle and Andrew's sisters and brothers. (The Lytles lived in the Benjamin house.) It was Andrew Lytle's bob sled. They started at the top ofthe hill and raced down. There was little traffic in those days, especially inwinter. 2000 Il- 1000 TRACING OUR HERITAGE: THE VILLAGE OF WALTON HILLS by Jean and Bob Kainsing# To commemorate the incorporation ofour Village of Walton Hills in 1951, the Walton Hilli; Owl is featuring a number of articles about issues that motivated residents to push for change from 11mnship to Xillagm. This is the third in the series. THE WEST END OF WALTON HILLS DURING THE 1940'S When our village founders met with Bedford Town hip Trustees, both parties agreed that should the Village ofWalton Hills incorporate, Walton Hills would include, not only the part people called 6CWatton Hills," but also township land west of the now defunct New York Central Freight line and the upper Dunham Road area leading into Maple Heights. THE NORTH STRETCH OF DUNHAM ROAD TOWARD MAPLE HEIGHTS Not only was this rich farmland, the area was easily accessible to urban markets. From the early 1800's one large Arm was on the west side ofI)unham Road and another big farm was on the east side ofthe road. Beginning in 1865, Tonsing brothers and their descendants purchased hrms and acreage on both sides ofthe road. Although they sold acreage from time to time, for 85 years generations ofTonsings farmed the land along upper Dunham Road. Bedford Township, as surveyed in 1797, encompassed what is today Maple Heights, Bedford, Bedford Heights, Oakwood Village and Walton Hills. Bedford becamea village in 1837, and in 1915 Maple Heights was the second community to split offfrom Township jurisdiction. We can only speculate why Maple Heights leaders did not include this section ofland within their boundaries. They excluded the upper Dunham Road Tonsing farm properties. As this years passed, section ofDunham Road lacked young people who were interested in farming the fhmily lands, and by the 1940's properties were parceled off into buildable lots; smaller lots on the west side of the road, larger parcels to the east. A Cemetery From 1935 to 1954 acreage abutting Maple Heigl*s, along the east side ofDunham Road, was owned by Greenlawn Park, Inc. It was a consecrated cemetery for the Cleveland area Black community. That venture did poorly. The one and only grave was removed, and the land was sold at a public auction. THE, SOUTH STRETCH OF DUNHAM ROAD Three establighments flourished in drinking the tucked-away corner of Cuyahoga County by Tinker's Creek Road, where there was little interference from the law. Tinker's Creek Tavern located at 14000 Tinker's Creek Road just inside the township border and still in operation today, was frequented by locals. The Astorhurst, a country club type ofbar and restaurant owned by Philip and Mary Astor, was a favored gathering place for Cleveland area politicians and businessmen. Today's Astorhurst Restaurant and Picnic Grove are on that same property. -8- f. 1 of A (continued) THE WEST END OF WALTON HILLS DURING THE 1940'S Hills Sagamore Beer Garden, now a private home (7100 Dunham Road) was primarily a summer attraction. and women from Young men nearby urban areas flocked to the Beer Garden on warm nights for an evening of fun. There was moonlight dancing on the large inside dance floor. Patrons were served at tables on the also porch and under the grape arbor in the back. The family who owned and managed the establishment lived in the back rooms of the· house. Black Beauty Riding Academy This was a favored area for horseback riders during those years. The popular Black Beauty Academy was Riding first on the west side, then on the east side of the road at approximately 7125-knham Road. The livery usually had from to twenty twenty-five horses that were mostly standard bred, along with some pintos and a few thoroughbreds. Black used about sixteen Beauty miles ofMetropark bridle paths, including the oxen lanes created by the Wager Quarry. Black Beauty's business suffered when the main horse barn burned down in 1942 and thirteen of the horses perished in the fire. World War II Pig Farms the World War II civilians During years meat for was scarce and rationed. Great efforts were taken by our government to our armed provide adequate meat to forces. Local farmers were encouraged to raise pigs, thus helping with the pork supply. the western section Along ofAlexander Road and Dunham Road from the Astorhurst south, full-time farmers and farm families part-time raised pigs as well as cows, chickens, ducks, etc., for their own family, for profit, and in part to aid the war efforts. Some farmers had smokehouses where they cured and smoked their own sausages, ham and bacon. To help provide food for farmers raising pigs, local governments set up collection areas where farmers food Restaurants could pick up scraps. and residents were encouraged to take their garbage to these centers. A few of our farmers collected garbage from nearby centers and dumped the slop over Eelds they set aside for pig farming. The who owned a Kitsons, large farm on the south side of Alexander Road, to'ok their dump truck and made two trips a day to Shaker Heights restaurants and garbage deposits, to collect enough feed for the pigs they raised. Winds carried the odor from the pig farms to nearby homeowners, and the smells must have been pungent. In the 1940's a number ofurban couples were buying lots, building houses, and moving into our area ofthe township. They put up with the smell of pig farming during World War II, but after the war ended, they were voicing their disapproval of pig farming in the area. These people favored stronger ordinances, which meant incorporation into a village. --*. ... flizA:*:=:1&:19 2 .** - "-"-.,... + '. 4/.4 + ...... - .. : '... .-..../... -1/"lih ..i.1 P* f ..33 -P i :.i . ...ae 4 » 5 1 & m.- 5- ...0 .- ...... - - EAST SIDE VIEW OF THE ALEXANDER HOUSE built c. 1854. STARTING IN 1911 New York Central freight trains For a span ofyears this house, no longer standing, at about crossed Tinker's Creek Valley on this trestle-supported 14880 Alexander Road was a haven for runaway slaves. steel bridge. The NYC stopped using the tracks in (1940's photograph) (Both of these photographs reprinted by Nina Wolf) the 1960's and tore down the trestle in 1973. -9- The Hungerfords - Osbomes 1-5/6 511 Al 4 -+2.-1-_ 473" 4 -9 Name: Osborne farmhouse Address: 6670 Dunham Road Date Built: c. 1847 Asabel and Laura (nee Dunham) Hungerford became owners of 100 acres of land when they were married in 1834. Two years after Asabel died in 1836, Laura married A. Turner Hubbell and they moved to Bedford. The Hungerford/Dunham/Hubbell family sold the Dunham Road property to Chauncey Osborne under a land-contract agreement. In 1847, before Osborne took ownership of the property, he tore down the existing house and built this house. County maps show Osborne as the owner of his house and acreage by the late 1850s. Date of Photo: 1986 1884 - Property of John and D. KalI Still Standing: Yes 1(1/ 4, AR*Ad.: #44%4.,2,%: t . A·M 6,0 976':15 4.9 '*9*46 45 ..:i .is'..:,i:br, ..D'/IiI *.. i.. '47YO'' .- p·:.t .... ::'. Kift .I·,;jity a.'.4,$<13 N.,4 · ·, · =•'---4 .-(" ·4" ,.' Ii-.0. ':..a.wig.111ELe.£<:2.-':LA.:'k-2.:'.*,629-21:3„'f::11 .r,N,t . *.3 . - , &. 71.Ar &·3.> 1:::::1 ALONG DUNHAM ROAD The section ofthe village along the north hilltopstretch ofDunharn Road leading into Maple Heights was settled in the 1820's. In 1826 Nehemiah Hubbard was clearing his land along the east side of the road and Nathaniel Joy, Abiel Newton, and William Williams moved to their acreage on the west·side of Du am Road. In all likelihood these Dunham Road families north of the Tinker's Creek Valley had more social, church, and business ties with neighbors to their north than with the nearby community of Little Egypt. Although the Dunham Road settlers were only a short distance from Little Egypt, the steep descent ofthe Dunham Road hill acted as a natural barrier. THE OSBORNE HOUSE On the west side of the road, at 6670 Dunham Road, stands an intriguing old house originally built c. 1847 by Chauncey Osborne. In 1834, when A qnhel Hungerford and Laura Diinham married they became owners of 100 acres of land and a cabin on this section of Dmham Road, as a wedding gift. Two years later, Asabel was killed by a tree as he was clearing back acreage ofthe property. A couple years later, Laura moved to Bedford when she married A. Turner Hubbell. The family sold the Dmham Road propeity to Chauncey Osborne under a land-conlract,agreement In 1847, before Osborne officially took ownership ofthe property, he tore down the existing house and built the house pictured on this page. County maps show Osborne as the owner of his house and acreage in the late 1850s. The house has been enlarged and renovated throughout the years by a series of owners, but it still stands on the rough, hand-cut sandstone foundation stones which probably came from a nearby quarry. Ornate double entrance doors, both designed with hinged glass win- dows that can be swung open independently of the doors, and screens protected by grids of patterned ironwork, have adorned the front of the house since the early 1900'8. The parcel was split in 1907 when Michael and Maria Manke bought the house and 53 acres of land. Helen Lytle and her husband purchased the house in 1920. Several residents who stiH live along Dunham Road today recall their childhood friends, the Lytle youngsters. After buyingtheproperty in 1944 the Abner Wachtels parceled offtheir acreage and sold lots. Then in 1950 they sold the house, barns, sheds, and 35 acres to Donald and Dorothy Benjamin. The Benjamins lived on the property for almost thirty years. Benjamin was a part-time policeman for the young Village of Walton Hills for a number of years. In 1980 Janet Phillips and her daughter and son-in-lavT Gina and Geoffrey Carson, moved into the old residence. 109 Interview notes: 2-2013 John and Diane KalI, current owners of house at 6670 Dunham Road P.arcel No. 793-06-013-R5100 Laverne Skillicom, 67 Ennis, Bedford, Ohio 232-3447 Thetceilings on the first floor of the Osborne house are 9 14 feet high. There are closets in every room of the house - as original construction. Asabel Hungerford and Laura Dunham were married in 1834. They were first cousins. Their daughter, Nancy, was bom in 1835, and she was severely retarded. Nancy never married, she lived with her mother, and then with'her'mother and her step-father. Asabel Hungerford died on November 6,1836. Laura Hungerford married A. Turner Hubbell in 1838. They moved to Bedford. Laura died on August 29,1903 Chauncey Osborne became the owner of the property in 1853. The retarded daughter, Nancy Hungerford, was 18 at the time. It could be than Dunham, a big-time owner of local properties kept the "Hungerford" acreage in the family until Nancy turned 18 and could legally inherit the proceeds from the purchase. The 1860 Cuyahoga County Allas shows Osborne as the owner of theproperty. 5 sBOANE. 8.„.1,»n. a --Benjamin M<„Rzer F hous 3-06-013-R5100 6670 Dunham Road { .-8onsing one ofthe first owners; then a series ofowners onginal lot no. 51 formerly conveyed to J.H. Tonsing 1S".-,7 deeded June 21, 1865 to Frederick Tonsing (later years: Wachtel. Beniamin. Phi&ps) z.,g. ,**'* Wolfs ),ought property from Violet Washtel; so did Benjamins MrrBeniami Bli)es not think house was a stage coach stop eA***, (88rview w/Mrs. Benjamin 531-A Lee Road, Colony Club Apts. 662-1417 f. front porch rotted away so Benjamins had porch concreter Benjaminf owned the house 30-35 years They owned 33 acres and the house upstairs: 5 room and 1 bath downstairs: 6 rooms, entrance hall with steps going up unusual front doors: 2 French doors with windows and screen that open up; iron grilled patterned grids that open up, so window can be open, and screen is protected with grille work hinges open the glass portion main door is cut out screen w/iron grid Heresay from Mrs. Benjamin: This had been a pony express stop - wayside inn House was used as Underground Railroad Stop ??? Don Beniamin was a part-time policeman for Walton Hills, beginning in the 1950's Benjamin was a policeman until midway in Conelly's term as Mayor (1956-58 He also worked for Municipal Light and Power Co until 1972 -- (-1-950 Donald and Dorothv_ . B imbought house 8733 Dunham Road and 35 acres barn m-d small barn and tool shed/cottage dog kennel They bought the house from Julius and Rose Ulatowski who had it for 2 years basement walls hand hewn out of sandstone high maintenance poor insulation house I siding shrunk -- not air tight, so they put tar paper shingles over the siding it was half-wired for electricity when they bought the house: Don Benjamin finished wiring it there was no central heating, no gas, no water when Benjamins bought it former owners had East Ohio put a gas well in; it was not productive, so East Ohio gave the owners the money back --there is a gas well in back ofthe house: gas was piped up to the house-- Benjamins had well water; they did not convert to city water Geoffrey and Gina Carson 581-4774 moved into 6670 Dunham Rd. in 1980 house and 2 1/2 acres with Gina's mother: Janet Phillips and grandmother: Dorothv Rifici Patricia Phillips 241-8909 she owns Silver Fox tavern; she lives on the west side Irrter v i e t u lu< /186 · Mrs . Berjanti A ROADS and EARLY SETTLERS who lived on them County Engineers Building: The Standard Building 1370 Ontario Lakeside --. Street/by 348-3800 County Records Room Jean Kainsinger 8/15/1985 Ck'vo.fe Cuyahoga County Engineers official records are in the Standard Building 7-IV vtpER. 'Pirce| 773,06-013- Rsto O bvAINAM RD. Qweisr s,60 09 buNA•.n,Rl. ,·/930 Wm. , Beitt Ul:ok - 1196 DA r b.1. Benja.* IR tleres., 4 ront Rrs. Binaknlin 91 4+6 w ski -194 9 1'1<03,Rosc 113-6-3 hbouse o u s e LA>0•5 u s e l4 a f*AWs istop eff,55 '8 546 r - 29-1144 Abner 4 6. L. Wa.ol Co.+-el - 1943 Okro Natt. Life Ins. 23,1 pure trot,ator 1-;fe Assurance u BierJro u A Mi. i roa-J L koose- Wis a lua.ys ile mn . /916 Heltn C. l.1(41 . /9 2 Y kouist Estey a.*lin . /9 0 Hel e n Aylle a- A 09,4 531·A Le,e, 13o -1707 M•Lhael *· Mar;L Naika . - Mr>.litni 1901 M IM MaAke 48 aoras C ol' n 1 Club A F+S ho 461·1417 ./907 Frel schoen . -0 40*411 91012/11* - I :,1 or Sf Fo r & t'12.CIt? r„lerick Te„2.1 1.=-t= k2*--1 £«-7 '1 . . .t„j /56, C, 46,ncey Osborne toe a,c,res *(EfowL r"»*, -97.- '240 Hunler 8' B• r+k p*rt •f- SJuatesL A 18 -Pla.f k #16 /280 Al' 1-As J.H.-Tinsinl F. -lonsin, bouTkt- ' 91 es' 1 Fia 5=1-1 /3.$,Al (SL'·72sti2:5--1 --- - 1 - ----7 THE JANDAS J. and Anna Janda purchased the southwest corner of Dunham and Alexander Roads in 1904. But records in the County Archives indicate the Janda house and barn stood on that land before 1860, when it was owned James by Egbert. The Egberts operated a sawmill there. By 1870 the property was owned by Simon Orchard. Janda's daughter, Mary, lived her whole life in the village. When Mary married Clarence Shull they continued to live in the Janda house for several years. Older residents have vivid memories of Anna's, and then later, Mary's flower garden that featured a wide variety of plants and spectacular blooms. The Shulls (who are now deceased) in more recent years built a house for themselves at 15153 Alexander Road. The Janda house and barn sat vacant for almost twenty years. The property is now part of Bedford MetroPark, and no buildings are left standing. THE RICKS Rick family members have owned land along Alexander Road since 1900. In 1902 Joseph and Mary Rick owned sixteen acres at the southeast corner of Dunham and Alexander Roads and forty-two acres on the the road along north side of today's North Meadowpark Drive. Their on farmhouse stood their northern acreage, at 16835 Alexander Road. In the 1930's their son, Andrepg and his wife, Helen, moved into the Rick homestead to help with the farm chores. Besides working full-time else- where, Andrew was a truck farmer, selling his produce at the old Market in downtown Central Cleveland. A few years later when their Geraldine, married James daughter, Salamon, Salamon built the Ricks a house on their sixteen acres on the south side of Alexander Road. In exchange, Salamon received from the Ricks eight acres at the southeast Dunham and Alexander corner of Roads. In 1941 the Ricks moved into their new house at 16700 Alexander Road and sold the old homestead and its acreage to Timothy Pope. Salamon, a carpenter by trade, then proceeded to build his house at 7677 Dunham Road. Geraldine is now deceased, but Salamon and his live in the Dunham second wife, Mary, still Road house. Geraldine's sister, Florence her husband, Drabik, and George, also live in the village at 7470 Woodlake Drive. Throughout his years in the village, Salamon has generously volun- teered his time for many civic and charitable summer of 1952 undertakings. During the he worked more than 400 hours on the Town Hall Improvement Project. When play equipment was needed for the organized Walton newly Hills Nursery School, it was Salamon who made, free of charge, the boat, merry-go-round, small benches, tables, cabinets, wooden toys, and other equipment. Many ofthose toys and furniture are today by nursery still used school youngsters. Salamon first started working with the Cub Scouts in 1957, two years later becoming Assistant Master Boy Scout and Committee Member of the Greater Cleveland Scouts. Over Council of Boy the years Salamon has actively led activities for numerous scouting the youth ofthis community The Tonsings '* -4 .n4. . - r=:Sk=*.7, *»,919 1* 60 1,41'5: • .*.. 4 . :..-'....r... 3 ..... '<6..C . 1,0 ...A,:'.-I.fi.'.'A:47£2:' · ...... '...... -'....4 A>.r·.4.'aA,«1'b: Cli:.flir:.2,ij...:3192;ixvfw..5/El*11.,Tr149;:ilizEEF,9-5-:I./%.2/<47.1Ftp'&126*ED ** The North section of Square 51 is now part of Maple Heights 1870 Atlas the south half Cuyahoga County of Square 51 (excluding 36 acres at the very south part of Square 51): Fred Tonsing owned 100 acres 1880 Atlas the south half of 51 Cuyahoga County Square (excluding 36 acres at the very south part of Square 51): F. Tonsing owned 100 acres The 36 acres at the south of Square 51: John H. Tonsing then Arthur C. Tonsing owned the southern 36 acres 1990 Atlas Cuyahoga County Square 51 (excluding 36 acres at the very south part of Square 51): Fred Tonsing - then 8-30 1907 Frederick Schoenkoff- then 9-3-1907 Michael and Maria Manke - then 1920 Frank B. Saina and Sophie M. Saina 793-5-1 John Tonsing owned the southern 20 acres . 4 THE TONSING HOMESTEAD AND FAMILY by Norman Braun --4 64/Li'-lf- J= --r-- -- 0 -- il - I'l -ir. li l-. _,6- 1-Af--3- *2 . 4- - - --t- 1 - -5 -; -; . -- -- i€- i + 2* --2 .&-25/ .: tir - r fili-- -, --4 -, .-,i . *- ,---1< tlili '. '1 . LE.lilI -A -- r. *- *- ..4\ 2 -6 1.1'-'.t. - t>4 ·• '/'* -'; '/ < .. 724 4 D *. I <11 r 11 ... I, t.. 7 .- it' S 9> ...t . . . . .11./.. =':-2 . »*\* ... . - 1 . , . .r . 4. . -- -:.. - A / I -- 9. ., 4.*W The Tonsing house as it looks today One of the early German families that settled in the Garfield Heights area was the Tonsing (Toensing) family who built a home on Fisher Road, now called Turney Road, in the 1850's. Its present location is at the northeast corner of Tonsing Avenue and Turney Road at 5425. Check the above accompanying picture of the present building and compare it to this booklets cover. 1859 maps show that J. H. Tonsing owned 18.8 acres of land, one house, and one barn. Their neighbor on the north and east was Henry H Bohning. The neighbor on the south was Abraham Pletscher. The property fronted on Turney Road and extended from the entrance to the Civic Center driveway of today south to a point at the center of the bridge over I 480. Run two lines parallel to Granger Road through these points directly east for the north and south borderlines. The back end of the Tonsing lot on a north south line was E. 122nd Street. Incidentally, the backyard lot line ofthe Bangor homes on the south side ofthe street is the Tonsing lot line. Among the early residents of this home were Johann Freidrick Tonsing born in Brockhausen in N.W. Germany in 1825, Marie Elsabein Tonsing born in Brockhausen in 1831, and Johann Heinrick Tonsing born in Brackhausen in 1833. In 1847 in the Zion Lutheran Church, Cleveland, Ohio Johann Friedrick Tonsing married Maria Eleonara Bohning. They were a prolific couple that had fifteen children. Their children were 1 - Maria Caroline Tonsing (bom 1848 - died 1854) 2 -Heinrich Friedrick (born 1850 - died1878) 3 - Johann Friedrick (born 1852) 4 - Johann Heinrich (1855) 5 - Anna Maria Elisabeth (1857) 6 - Mary E. (1858) 7 - Clamar Friedrick Louis (1859) 1 ' . 8 - Elinor (1860) 9 - Regina Marie (1861) 10- Clara Catherine Augusta (1863) 11 - Ernst Heinrich (1865) 12 - Johann Wilhelm (1867) 13 - Emma Eleonore (1869) 14 - Sophia Maria Caroline (1871) 15 - Martin Emanuel (1874) The grandfather. of the above children was Johann Heindrick Tonsing born in Barkhausen, Germany in I799. Oral history maintains that he is buried in Harvard Grove Cemetery although no printed record exists. These Tonsings often married into members of local Garfield Heights families including Walker, Blase, Schreiber, Meilander, Manke, Ehlert Koenig Hellman, Borges andRahe. The Johann Heinrich Tonsing married Marie Elinore Stoffer-Blase in 1858 at St. John Lutheran in Independence (now Garfield Heights) and had the following children: Heinrich Friedrich (1860-19270) married Margaretha Walker Maria Dorothea Louise (1863-1940) married Hermann Rahe Ernma Clara Maria (1865-1953) Married August Koenig Sophia Maria (1868-1940) married Fred Borges and Ernst Hellman August Ernst Friedrich (1871- 1873) Caroline Marie (1874-1962) married Henry Rahe Pauline Marie Caroline (1877- 1954) married Henry Borges Hannah M Louise (1879-1929) Most ofthe above families are shown on a Tonsing Homestead photo taken in about 1887 and is available for viewing at the Garfield Heights Historical Museum. Granger Rd. 2003.76 ft 6, d . M 0. 9, ' Henry 1- R Bohning '2 , i 4* 27+ acres 0 5& 1649.346# le. fb, Y 4. a i d fi J. EL18.8 acresTons'" i ' -. 1353 8 Abraham Pletscher The.diagram above shows the 1859 size and location ofthe Tonsing family lot. 2 ALo NG DONHAM ROAB G 10% 5,8 HOUSE b u M H Ah R oho 3 ALONG DUNHAM ROAD Name: John H. Tonsing farmhouse Address: 6733 Dunham Road Date Built: c. 1876 Comments: Tonsing farms were on the stretch of Dunham Road that leads to Maple Heights. Generations of Tonsing family members owned up to 162 acres of land on both sides of Dunham Road for 85 years. Locals referred to the Tonsing house as "the house at the top of Snake Hill." 1986 photo 2012 - Property of Mike Lachota Still Standing: Yes THE TONSINGS In 1865 Frederick Tonsing purchased the Osborne house and the 100 acres on the west side of Dunham Road. The Osborne house was owned by the Tonsing family for more than four decades, until 1907. A second generation ofTonsings began purchasing land on both sides of the road. By 1880 Tonsings owned 136 acres along the west and 26 acres on the east of Dunham Road. John H. Tonsing built his house in c. 1876 on the eastern side ofthe road, at the top of Snake Hill (6733 Dunham Road). The narrow but deep two- story house is framed with two large, old horsechestnut trees in the front yard and one in the back yard. Two barns, sheds, and chicken coops were near the house until recent years. Although they sold acreage from time to time, generations of Tonsings owned land along Dunham Road for 85 years. ls<-....0 */0 %%- 6, 271 / @ 2-1*. el UPPER DUNHAM ROAD: -». 10->1-'(1.f...7,$.4 Dunham Road from Turney to Sagamore 1820 ./ Corkhill to Schreiber 1845 -,4.AAE+,Ld Helen Eglit remembers _ walking up the Snake Hill (Dunham Rd.) when the bus could not make it zz*.6- up the hill Madeline Wilson, 5821 Dunham Road « Ethel Brown 11505 Tinkers Creek Road 524-6093 Ruth Klmimer Zeman: 5927 Dunham Road Florence Davider, house haR a brick front, lives on Florence in Maple Hts. in 1865 Frederick Tonsing pwned 6670 Dunham Road house 79 3 -0 6 -0/3 - Q g-/u Arthur and Rose Tonsing had a daughter, Grace and a son, Raymond. also: Paul, Walter, Violet Viola Art's Grace Goad was born in daughter, 1919 662-0151 :lives on Clement in Maple Hts. 2 Tonsing brothers, Arthur and John owned land on both sides ofI)unham The Tonsing grandfather who died in' 1919 delivered milk by horse and buggy Tonsing farm: orchards, they raised their own vegetables, and sold vegetables and fruits, especially corn and strawberries, in front oftheir house. 1st house: Tonsing 2nd house: Saina (now owned byGrams) in 1914 Hts. became Maple a village 11-24-1914 Meeting of the Bedford Township trustees to Board petition presented of Trustees ofBedford Township to incorporate the Village of Maple Hts. 12-13-1914 Resolution was Adopted Elizabeth Tonsing was a Schreiber., She grew up on Schreiber. They named the street of her family. John and Elizabeth Tonsing had 9 children. Arthur was the oldest. They lived in the last house on Dunham. Arthur grew up in the house. Rose and Meta were 2 ofthe daughters. They never married. They lived with their mother, Elizabeth after John Tonsing, their father, died. They they moved and sold their property. Big Barn was on same side ofthe street as the house. Dunham Road divided their property. 1902 M. and M. Manke owned 53 acres on west side ofDunham house and barn 66 1 0 £L'\. 1902 A J. Dunham owned 25 acres on east side ofDunham; house and barn L , Ruth Lytle lived in Hungerford/TonRing house They had a Pierce Arrow 6670 1- Wolf Family luoLF WA(('llf Emily and Frank Wolf 6650 Dunham Road interview Frank Jr. and Nina Wolf 6640 Dunham Road 475-4214 Before Emily and Frank Wolfmoved into their barn the property belonged to Violet Wachtel Wolfs bought property in 1946, moved in in 1949 Emily and Frank bought 10 acres with barn. Now they have about 8, and Nina and Frank Jr. have some. Frank Wolf Sr. was on the first Council. He dropped out of Council because he was very busy with business. Frank was working 7 days a week and rebuilding his barn into a house. Frank Sr. and Emily remember how crooked Snake Hill was then. (Upper Dunham Road Hill) The trestle was a landmark: the steam engines pulling freight were a great sight to see. He enjoyed seeing the trains go by. He remembers the coal cars and iron ore, sand and box cars. Frank and Emily raised horses and ponies. The Benjamin house is the Wachtel house. Emily and Frank Wolf remember taking the ABC Trolley to Bedford Glens to dance. The depression taught Frank to value land for farming, security to exist on one's own. Nina is a noted local artist and a local photographer. Her sketches and reproduced photos are in the W. H. Heritage book. Nina did all her work for free. Cuyalloga Valley National Recreation Area 1984 Painting competition: Nina's work: 1st Place: Pen and Ink Info about the barn drawing that is on the cover ofthe W. H. Heritage book: Drawing made from a 1984 photograph Nina toook ofthe Wdling Barn on Button Road. She entered the drawing in the Cuyahoga Valley Recreational Area Photo Contest. It took 1 st place in the pen and ink category. (the Metroparks tore down the barn and their senice garage is there now.) VIach Family And Svec Family In 1949 Jerry and Pearl Vlach purchased thirteen of Arthur Tonsing's 21 acres on the west side ofthe street. The Vlachs built their house at 6740 Dunham Road. That same year Jerry's brother, William, and his wife, Carrie, bought the adjacent eight acres to the north, building their house at 6700 Dunham Road. The Vlachs' land was part ofthe Tonsing orchards and cattle-grazing fields. A CEMETERY Between 1935 and 1954 a cemetery owned by Greenlawn Park, Inc. was situated on the east side of the road, to the north ofthe present day house at 6589 Dunham Road. Greenway Road, shown on some old county maps, was an entranceway into the cemetery. Investors had promoted the idea ofthe cemetery toresidents ofanearby community. One coffin, said to contain the body of a woman, was buried in the cemeterj fulfilling the requirement of a consecrated cemetery. As the years went by and no one else was buried in Greenlawn Park, the invest- ment venture failed. The coffin was removed in 1954. Charles and Lydia Svec (their son and his wife, Dean and Barbara Svec, live at 6589 Dunham Road) purchased the six acres at a public auction. Today the only recogniz- able reminders ofthe park are some willow trees. 1/ffeR b OBRAM i 15146:/7 the Lytle family didnotfarm; theyjust lived inthehouse *+ 6670 Dunka*Koa& 64/ Helen Eglit interview 8-19-1985 Lytles had several children: Virginia, Richard, Ruth, Marjorie, Andrew WL' Cn Ellit Was 94€0 NESOUR' S S Viach said the Johnsons owned the house alter the Tonsings The Tonsing farm on the west side ofDunham had an orchard and barbed wire fencing to keep the cattle in big barn on property Madeline Wilson ofMaple Hts. said her grandfather built the Tonsing house in about 1890. Beside the house there were 2 barns and other sheds, coops Between the 1930's and 1950's there was a cemetery on the east side ofDunham -- to the north ofthe Dean and Barbara Svec residence at 6589 Dunham. The line of evergreens formed the entrance way to the cemetery. The line ofevergreens north ofthe Dean and Barbara Svec residence formed the entranceway to the cemetary.' (gate and shrubs by the evergreen --Ron Keller) Investors promoted the idea ofthe cemetery to the Black Community. One coffin, containing the body of a Black woman was buried in a grave, registering and making it a consecrated.cemete[ As years went by, noone else was buried there. bones were found: article in Cleveland Press or Plain Dealer confirmed Joanne Markle 232-4055 confirmed: Madeline Wilson ofMaple Hts. 5/17/86 4*colored cemetery, they put in the shrubbery and evergreen trees in the 1930's In the mid 1950'8 Charles and Lvdia Svec purchased the 6 acres at a government auction. Dean Svec bought 1+ acres, then 60 acres from Carr family. In mid 1980's he owned 61 acres. Daniel Carr 6645 Dunham Road years later, Daniel Carr III and his wife Alice, 6671 Dunham Road 1/:dke» iS 31 J Le * Dunham / Egypt Roads -- Houses -- Tax Records Cards continued James Carey shed - barn 793-11-1 Helen Swiatkowski 793-12-1 Joseph and Anna Hesoun 1941 793-12-2 Yaro and Eleanore Hesoun 1946 793-12-6 7200 Dunham (house razed; new house now) Louis Zelina 1915 house and attached garage - barn - com crib 793-12-7 Joseph and Anna Hadvabny 1870 (newer records say house c. 1860): house remodeled in 1936 793-12-8 Henry Dziczkowski 793-13-1 7135 Dunham Bertha Grimn 793-13-3 Stanislaw and Anna Ramos 1946 793-13-4 NE corner ofAlexander/Dunham Road Mary Willing house: 1880 also lists house as 1904, house remodeled in 1948 - Timko then owned this house James and Geraldine Salamon house: 1945 794-16-2 (also see Alexander) 7677 Dunham Road Dr. Frank and Mae Chvatal 3 houses 1925,1946 794-16-4, 1943 794-16-5 James Janda 1865 SW corner Ale*ander and Dunham Roads 794-16-7 now owned by Metroparks Delmer and Alice Kirk (then NYC Railroad, then Frankito) 7343 Dunham Road house:1880 (newer records say 1874) 793-20-3 Frank Grabik 1932 793-20-4 William and Beatrice Hadden 1930 793-20-5 Henry Hadden 1940 793-20-6 Mary Hadden 1895 793-20-7 This was EGYPT SCHOOL before Haddens bought it. Atlas shows the school in 1874. and 1880 Bedford Township Schools bought the land and the school. The 1880 atlas shows the "house" and barn. Joseph and Anna Kolis 1860 (newer records say 1854) 793-20-9 Joseph Kaderabek (Klukan relative) 1932 793-21-1 William Mills 1870 793-29-2 tax exempt: Metropark land Frank B. and Sophie M. Saina, house: 1920 (Grams) 793-5-1 Joseph Haduabuy then later Silk, Telichek house c. 1870 793-12-8 1. f ... 8 - 405.41Ll 0 9 F./L,-*»E», ., «»k 42-/6 -4 43 -7,81 ROADS and EARLY SETTLERS who lived on them Cuyahoga·County Archives Center: Houses - Tax Records'Cards - Auditors Map Books· show line of succssion, show who had title Dunham / Egypt Roads -- Houses -- Tax Records Cards Square 72 Moses Gleeson 1830,1835 Square 82 Solomon and Martin Rockwell 1827, 1828,1830,1835 Square 75 Solomon Rockwell' 1826 Square 82 Solomon Rockwell 158 acres assessed at $479.00 in 1829, 1830, 1832, 1833 Square 82 north part, 100 acres assessed at $469 in 1835 and 1836 Solomon and Martin Rockwell ' Square 82 southpart 60 acres assessed at$282 in 1835 through 1840 Square 82 Henry Bois 1835 south part 60 acres assessed at $282 in 1836, 1837 Square 82 William Black 100 acres; northeast section assessed at $469 in 1837through 1839 Square 82 William Black 62 acres; northeast section assessed at $298 in 1840 - assessed at $258 in 1842 Square 82 Robert Cather 38 acres; northeast section assessed at $176 in 1840 Paid by William Black Square 82 William Black got back these 38 acres; assessed at $154 in 1843 * 60 acres Square 82 Hugh Boyle south section assessed at $251 in 1842, 1843 9, Square 82 Black north section 100 acres assessed at William $2080 in 1865 4* Square 82 William Black 94.46 acres assessed aat $2940 in 1879 and 1880 9 _§&918.K r, 1 u Re St Square 72 Samuel Barnes 1835 195.k N. Sawy• r i ' 64·Aws, Square 83 Robert Parkman 1835 S) a.c.r i S -- £CIS (ili) t Anna Kolis 7250 Dunham· Road 793-20-8 ., .Hunger Catherine Carey house: 1942 - corn crib - 2 sheds 793-14-2 t j. tl . 0 t.,-1 4 y"31 36 1 3 The Grams House at the Top of Dunham Road Hill The section of Dunham Road on the north hilitop stretch of land leading into Maple Heights was settled by generations of Tonsing family members. In 1865 Frederick Tonsing purchased the Osborne house (6670 Dunham Road) and 100 acres along the west side of Dunham Road. In 1876 John H. Tonsing built a house (6733 Dunham Road) on 20 acres of land along the east side of Dunham Road. e. 4 - --7.----.--:--i - Li-'-4,2 -v - - .-T jRi. glpr,111*' i-ki---i- t --l-fIi»- The house featured in this article, a stately large 80- r :i >> f --934. 1. - --al - , * 1- 1 --4 1,/51*354=- farmhouse at 6675 Dunham Road, stands along the east side of the road. In c. 1896 Fred 'tf---RA-L=2 --6--'_-I.---f---.-. --kE /7-il *0 2- Ar -..3.>-- './6 1 /5 _ 9 -4- I---lit-- Tonsing built the house on his 100-acre farm. Members _ ---=------_r - - . - - ' -«2 -- - -Ir li - F /- 1/.f of the Tonsing family owned this section of land from ill I - 1870 until 1907. Since 1986 the house ill belongs to the :4; Grams family. 1920s Photo of the House - -- 4 -e Years earlier, in the 192Os, Bernadette Grams', Diane Visocky's and Cynthia Krakowski's uncle and aunt, Frank and Sophie Saina, purchased the Tonsing house and 26 acres of land. As years went by, the property passed on to their sons, Benedict and Harry Saina, both of whom were single men and continued to live at home forthe rest of their lives. Harry Saina hoped the house would remain in the family, and he got his wish when his cousins bought the property. In 1986 Ray and Bernadette Grams bought the house and 4 acres from Hany Saina. Also, that same year, Diane and Phil Visocky who live on Deeridge Drive, and Cynthia and Tom Krakowski who live on Spanghurst Drive, purchased the remaining 22 acres of the Saina parcel. Bernie Grams, daughter Anne Marie Grams, and granddaughter Gabriella Grams live in the home today. Ray Grams passed away in September of 2009. The other Grams children are now settled in communities nearby: Russell and Kory Grams live in Macedonia, David Grams lives in Brecksville, Jacquelin and Steve Suder live in Garrettsville and Matthew Grams lives in Reminderville. The rambling farmhouse has 5 bedrooms, 3 living rooms, large dining room and large country kitchen flanked by tall, steep stairways. With the exception of the newer porches and decks at the front, side and back, the home pretty much reflects the midcentury design and simplicily Bernie remembers as a child. For Bernie, the most inviting space in the house is the 3- season porch where she enjoys the view of stately evergreens planted generations ago, and watches the wildlife which share her. t ,.- 4 - I ,» 7 /97--7 -T i*, 2- -, the acreage with :.,1.' 1 -_! 6 4 m-'1'-' : I.- r - 4' 2 .- I. **»_1-n l 1 - - ' *9 ' - , - - 4 47*1|* ri ' Photo: 1 -L71> 1 1 1 ,•1 1: -z. L-2..4.1 .1 1: S. Grams House . -6 - today 5.- 1 i 9 - 1 .-- ". .1 1 : WA Ill, .- -- 1 9,7 4 1 ---" A 't_ -._- - ___ Fl- 6.-_1 =. ..'-i- , . -,'1 4'11 '14 1, 1 1, 1 -- 4 - 2.- 41 -. ' - 15 lit 1- 1 1 4 - - - al L . 1 -'&- ..4 - - / : ,1 & f . .,„- . 11* ..1-11 :gi;- *L«:'i 1 . :Il+ Ail 1. ' .,# : - ' i:2'11- -9 ,- 3'.1A:,:*' I' dii.ii 1 t, L iil 20'il it 4 12 1 , 1+ : I.1-,i ' .3 ' / -fieti . f.j d. It:' 1. 12 r .-- , .i- -- 21 'el-fi ji· ';5 f --r 44* - r 111 g -AS':I'li'r ''i, t.liJi,rxt, k.Ill, t'&.L" "Al"I tilit 1 1, •,1 ...J 2, 'i t 1 9)'4'' LIfj: - '4£''t:21#.1 1" , IX:' _; ,*-,:, -I- _ , s-El,it-:*,;, I,Tit:„ . ., .* ,-- -7 '11 .* ,-A: 31i _ ** _t« .... 14, It 1- r t 9,313511:ft;6 i,E-:-1 11; lt:fl I i Ali-L-1 - i-111 I :-1: -'1 --+ - 4 "4 1 , 1,4 19 f.-, 4,3,6 (52, S I - , '44<1 '7 'till A- 1 1- _ - -. - ER). /6**2" BERNIE GRAMS INTERVIEW 10-14-2000 16=j«* .igrad for info on Upper Dunham and why its not in Maple Heights: contact: -1.... U. ,Lois Fradette Bill Cottrill, William Vlach Lou and Marilyn Gosselin who live on Tinkers Creek (Lou's brother lives in Bedford) Cathy Calabrese on Dunham Rd. corner ofFlorence/Dunham in Maple Hts. BERNICE AND RAY GRAMS 6675 Dunham Road in about 1940 Sophia and Frank Saina moved from Greenview in Garfield Hts. to 6675 Dunham Road **(house and 26 acres) Frank Saina died in about 1960; Sophie died about 1970 Sons of Sophia and Frank: Benjamin and Harry. They both worked for the post office. Benjamin and Harry never married. They continued to live in their parents house after the parents had died. Ben died in 1976. Harry lived there alone: he became depressed, became a recluse, and entered the mental health section ofMarymount Hospital. Bernie cared for him. He wanted Bernie and Ray to move in the house with him. Finally Bernie and Ray Grams bought the house from Ray in 1984. Bernie's 2 sisters each bought part ofthe 26 acres, so there are 3 lots, and they could possible build houses on the land. 6733 Dunham Road 10-2000 house next door to Grams: Owned by the estate ofMrs. Garcia. She died in 1991 House still in probate The acreage to this house is all in front ofthe house, actually it has little acreage Her son is a doctor; and he lives in Connecticut, as does his son (Garcia's grandson) Mike, 1-achota LaGeta. Mike the grandson **lives in the house" sometimes; but he is seldom there. Bernie as Manager ofthe Service Dept. often has to contact the son about cutting the grass or paying to someone cut the grass. ---dill Egypt School Egvpt School As part of the Bedford Township School System, Egypt School served children living in Bedford Township School District #6. The first location of Egypt School was in Tinkers Creek Valley, which was prone to flooding and mosquitoes. In 1880, the Bedford Township School Board bought a house on higher ground at 7215 Dunham Road and converted it into a schoolhouse. At Egypt Grammar School, there was one teacher who taught students whose ages ranged from 6 to 20, and were in grades 1 to 8. Enrollment at Egypt School varied year to year, from 12 to 36 students. Egypt School was closed in 1920, due to lack of students. At that time, remaining Egypt students became part of District #7, and attended Walton School at 7307 Walton Road. Egypt School is Sold Egypt School and its acre lot were sold to Joseph and Josephine Dolejs. They were the highest bidders at a real estate auction held at the door of the schoolhouse in 1920. When the Dolejses bought the one-room schoolhouse, they designed it into a home. They also dug around the old hand-cut foundation stones, laid new sandstone blocks around them, and dug a basement at the same time. Their grand-daughter is Patricia Featherstun, who lives in the village today with her husband, Richard Featherstun. In 1985 Scott Dean purchased and moved into the old Egypt Schoolhouse. Although he appreciated the century-old house, costs didn't warrant its restoration. Fifteen years later, he and his wife, Karleen Dean, razed the old schoolhouse after they built a new home for themselves on the same lot, but farther back from the road. (L) This photo shows the additions of the enclosed (R) Egypt School was razed in the year 2000. porch and upstairs windows. It stood in front of the new house at 7215 Dunham Rd. 1986 Photo by Nina Wolf 2002 Photo 1-r-,---5'3. A; , 4- 4 -- --, r r- 1-_ , Z L f :, i- I* 1, i . 953 1 I. 2. - 2..d .- . I- - 0 . ># ...... -. , 'th *:. , i------./- , 1 - 1 1 -- . f 1-1 - - .1 L F t 4' 7 --- 1/ 1/ - :2 , 35 1, 4 :S , . Imi 6 -* .=. *1 :Met'Mr --4 ' "9!P» - - I /- --1 -- -Zzl - + -z·1 -'hit, 14.13 k 1------=:rr- . * 1:1 ":i P i * r..i / f .11 . I-lie Knill R 0 *- .., -33- L.1..... N *Lly A-4 HADDEN/ DOLEJS / EGYPT SCHOOL /5.101,1+ Patricia Featherstun 439-2946 Pat's maiden name is Hadden. Her mother was Mary oleis H. ».4„" Mary Keilman-232-3373 Mary Doleis Hadden Keilman 232-3373 9»'I 3 Hadden brothers owned the property on Dunham Rd. east side, south ofBlack Beauty Harry William Hadden 7257 Dunham Road: Joan Wills owns it now Arthur (Egypt School) 7215 Dunham Road He married Mary Dolejs **torn down in 2000 by Scott Dean; he built a new house in back, tore down the old one Scott Dean 439-4288 Joseph and Josephine Doleis owned a farm, about 65 acres they bought Egypt School, and its 11/2 acres in 1832; because Bedford Township was selling9,194 &Liz.,{/ schools not needed f.3364£* cut sandstone blocks on outside and inside basement Basement was added after 1860. F.UIJA/AAjAA they no longer farmed: retired by then. it was a one room schoolhouse: the Dolejses remodeled it there was a pump in the kitchen outhouse out back &.ed.*.I." Fj-.'dia#15,+46,*, 1215 M. R ·1%PA 4-eE*)1 Their grand-daughter is Man, Doleis who lived on west side ofDunham, north of ' #,-6'r' ' Sagamore Road. Mary went to Central School then Moody High. Took school bus. She /046-1PLK-< dew164 wentto Egypt School. (MA,5'3 gra.Al Pa.reA+5, 306*rk.Jose.rk.,ke boless, ra,sect. Aer, Mary remembers doing a lot ofwalking as a kid: friends: Careys and the Farr family She remembers the Kolis farm: fruits and especially strawberries Mary Dolejs inherited Egypt School 7215 Dunham Road. She married Arthur Hadden. Arthur's 2 brothers bought land next to them and built houses Mary Doleis Hadden lived in that house until 1958 41146 6=fl*„/taiLL# F«tliurk·"·" I They sold house to Mrs. White: Lorraine White Then it Was purchased by Scott Dean. All 3 Hadden brothers worked in the flats of Cleveland at Standard Oil. The Bedford Schools bought the property for Egypt School from Solomon and Martin Rockwell in 1832: according to the Dolejs deed Cottages along Egypt Road Rezac - Chvatal Family In 1920 Joseph and Dorothy Rezac purchased the farm at corner the northwest of Alexander and Dunham Roads. On the built before property was a house the 1880's. The Rezacs were from who lived immigrants Czechoslovakia in Cleveland for a few years before truck farm. settling here to operate a They huckstered vegetables along side and East 49th streets by East 71st Streets, at first using a horse and then a"Model T" truck. wagon, pickup In their smokehouse the Rezacs cured their own meat from livestock they raised. The Rezac's daughter, Mae, married Dr. Frank Chvatal, a practitioner whose general office was on Broadway Avenue by St. Alexis Although Frank most ogen Hospital. could not join them, Mae and their son, Bob, enjoyed spending weekends on the farm. Mae and pitched in with farm chores Bob helped sell farm produce with his recalls the grandfather. Bob Chvatal many pleasant hours he spent in his youth riding his Shetland Pony or his Texas Colt throughout the village, along dirt roads and bridle paths. He also recalls swimming in the Sagamore Creek pool... When the New York Central built a pump house along the creek for the line's supply, they dammed up water the creek to contain the water. Little the pump remains of house and the dam, but the site is close to where the MetroPark trail hiking crosses Sagamore Creek, just south of Alexander Road. In the 1940's when the MetroParks purchased her land at the corner northwest of Dunham and Alexander Roads, Mae Chvatal acres on the east side bought eighteen of Dunham Road, south of the intersection. Sagamore Creek, or Mason Creek as it had been called, runs through part of the property. Bob Chvatal, and his wife, Hazel, settled on family land married. One interest of after they the Chvatals was relocating and houses. restoring They moved one house from the northwest corner of Dunham and Alexander Roads to 7775 Dunham Road. They lived there for several years and also at 7745 Dunham Road in a house Bob's mother, Mae, had built. Bob and Hazel currently live in a modern-looking house they moved from Akron to one of their scenic lots along the Sagamore Creek (7755 Dunham Road). Bob and Hazel Chvatal were instrumental in getting electric and tele- lines phone installed along Dunham Road, between Alexander and Sagamore Roads. Forthe past fortyyears Chvatal's avocationhas been little theater work. By 1985 he had in performed forty-five plays and received eight awards. He had also acting directed sixty plays and musicals, including "Cam- elot" for the Solon Players. Some of the theater groups he worked with were the Aurora Community Theater, Bedford Community Theater, Brandywine Players, Brecksville Little Theater, Euclid Little Theater, Hudson Kenston Players, Players, and the Solon Players. Cottaqes alonq Eqypt Road After the Great Depression, from about 1935 through 1949, fewer people lived in Little Egypt. Farmers and their wives were getting on in age, and their children moved into urban areas where they could find jobs and city conveniences. "For Sale" signs fronted idle fields. However, during those same years, it was popular for middle-class urban families to have get-away cottages in the countryside - in a place like Little Egypt. Families who lived and worked in the city, came out here on weekends and vacations. The typical week-end family gardened, planted a field of com or hay, and had one or more horses. There were clusters of small, rustic summer cottages on both sides of Dunham Road and Dunham Lane. Some of the cottages were individually owned. Some cottages were rented from the Rezac/Chvatal family. Mae Chvatal, whose parents, Joseph and Dorothy Rezac, had a truck farm along the NW comer of Dunham and Alexander Roads, bought additional land along both sides of Dunham Road, cut Dunham Lane, and began building cottages. Mae had no trouble finding renters for her cottages. Some "summer cottages" still stand today, although it takes a close look to identify them. They have been enlarged and renovated. Four of them are pictured on this and the following page. In 1935 Joseph and Anna Kaderabek converted the summer cottage they owned at 7350 Dunham Road into a permanent residence. Walton Hills has been home -a e to five generations of the Kaderabek- 3 Klukan-Spitznagel-Taggert family. „. ,\ 1.. /..3. =-,11 \., .Sl- -j. 52-. I Tr#- Bethany Majeski's house at 7257 Dunham Road 11 /1, // / was once a summer cottage. ./ -13 11.111'im , 1. .-I mim - t' 1-3 J rji .= . - -36- :g> ':/ Cottaqes along Egypt Road This house at 7715 Dunham Lane was originally a summer cottage. Jeanette (Sagula) Schaeffer's house at 7775 Dunham Road was once a summer cottage. -37- THE KADERABEKS Along Egypt Road there were several cottages owned by families who lived in the city during the weekdays, but who enjoyed spending their weekends and vacation periods working the fields in the country. Most of the couples had children and wanted their youngsters to experience country living. The cottages were more rustic and smaller than their city houses. One such family was the Joseph and Anna Kaderabeks of 7350 Dun- ham Road. After their daughter, Albe, married Joseph Klukan in 1935, Joseph and Anna converted their Egypt Road cottage into a permanent home. Area youngsters flocked to the Kaderabek ice pond when the skating was good. Joan Kolis Wills recalls how Anna Kaderabek frequently invit- ed the skaters into her home for refreshments and warmth on cold winter days. The MetroParks bought the Kaderabek back acreage in the early 1940's, but the remaining portion still belongs to the familH Two genera- tions of Kaderabeks live in the village at the present time; Joseph and Albe Klukan at 7270 Stuble Lane, and their son, Ronald, and his wife, Rose, at 16975 Spanghurst Drive. ® D ..·4+ . u 7755 DUNHAM ROAD 14/ts F ou Robert and Hazel Chvatal 232-4458 Robert born 1913 1985 interview Bob is the son ofMae and Dr. Frank Chvatal Re'6 Asa kid, Bob had 2 ponies, a Shetland Pony and a Texas Colt which he rode throughout area. Z.·6164> His line ofwork is pharmaceudical sales. His avocation is Little Theater. He got interested in theater after college, in 1946 His first acting role was with Brecksville Little Theatre: **You Can't Take it With You"in 1946 He had a supporting role. He has since taken graduate courses in theater and directing. He hAR received 8 acting awards. He has performed in 45 plays He has directed 60 plays and musicals including 'Camelot" for Solon Players. Community theaters in which he has acted or directed plays/musicals: Brecksville Little Theater, Brandywine Players, Euclid Little Theater, Solon Players, Bedford Community Theater, Aurora Community Theater, Kenston Players, Hudson Players. Ha el, his wife, has supporting roles and works backstage, prompting and book holding In the 1880 County plat book it shows that NW corner of Alexander and Dunham owned by D. FAULKNER There was a house on that property Joseph and Dorothy Rezac in about 1920 bought NW corner of Alexander and Dunham. 8 acres: 1920 plat book shows 3.54 acres: must have bought more aereage from F. J. Jerome now, this land is Metropark. The house that stands there now (1985) was a barn. The Rezac house was torn down by Johnson. was a farm and raised pigs, chickens and an orchard grew potatos, pumpkins, peanuts, strawberries. They had a smoke house. used the meat themselves. The Rezac children: Mae and Joseph The Rezacs came from Czech. lived in Cleveland for awhile, then moved to this property and farmed. They huckstered vegetables with a horse and wagon, then used a Model T. pick up truck: went to 71st St. and 49th St. areas Their grandson, Mae's son, was Bob Chvatal. He helped them sell vegs. as a child. Mae Rezac married Dr. Frank Chvatal. He was a general practicioner; office was opposite St. Alexis Hospital on Broadway in Cleveland. On weekends Mae would come out and stay on the farm. She did a little farming there. Mae decided to move the barn and remodel it into a house. She rented out the house. Mae sold 1 acre of her farm to Mr. and Mrs. Zeller. The Zellers built a small cape cod house on the property. In 1940 the Metroparks bought 18 acres and the house from Mae: they also bought the Zeller acre and house. NYC Railroad Pump house: water was dammed up: made a swimming hole for the youngsters along the creek: SW corner ofDunham Rd. U/6.1/ 591& ,»*;t•-1 Bob Chvatal bought the Zeller house from the Metropark Board and had it moved to 7775 Dunham Road. The creek going through the Chvatal property at 7775 Dunham Road (Sagula lives there now) was called Mason Creek. Now it's Sagamore Creek. After Bob and Hazel were married in 1942 came out here to live. That's when Bob moved the house to 7775 Dunham Rd.(Sagula). When Bob and Hazel moved to 7775 Dunham in 1942, their only neighbors were the Jandas at SW corner ofDunham Rd. They lived in the 7775 Dunham house for 17 years. Bob and Hazel put the lst electric line on Dunham Rd. south of Alexander Rd. CEI CEI had to put 6 poles on Dunham and 1 electric pole on their property in order to get electricity. They were later reimbursed by CEI for cost ofthe poles when others moved to Dunham Rd. Chvatals also put in the 1st phone lines south of Alex. on Dunham Rd. Dunham was a dirt and gravel road then. ek v.4 £1 When Mae and Dr. Frank (Bob's parents),retired in 1945, Mae had a house built at 7745 Dunham (north of Bob and Hazel's) for'themselves. They moved there. In 1960 Bob and Hazel moved a house from Akron to put on their acreage: it's the house they live in now, at 7755 Dunham Rd. Mae Chvatal sold lots: what is now Dunham Lane Bob Chvatal sold lots that front on Dunham Road Robert Chvatal, theater directorT i Community theater was a' vital part of life sula. Last year he directed "South Pacific" for . I 1 dfor Robert W. Chvatal since 1946 when he the school. , 0*r acted in the play, "You Can't. Take It With Mr. Chvatal had worked as a pharmaceuti- 1 Brecksville Little Thea- cal salesman. He retired in 1983 after six 1 You," produced by the years with M.M. Mast & Co. Previously, he had. i 1 Ater.._, worked for the old Neisler Co. since 1947. 1 U He had other acting roles after that, but his He was born in Cleveland avocation turned more to and after gradua- , directing. He tion from South 80 plays and musicals and wrote and High School, enrolled in West. , b directed ern Reserve to 30 shows for service clubs and University study pre-medicine. 4 directed variety His late Dr. Franklin 0- community groups, a family member said. father, Chvatal, was a physician in the Broadway area. J · In the 1950s he received the Alfred C. Jones Mr. Chvatal received a bachelor's degree m 69 Award from the Brecksville Little Theater, from WRU and attended Habnemann Medical j in recogni- presented for unselfish service and College and Temple University in Philadel. f *-tion of his encouragement to others. phia but left school because of the Depression. of Walton Hills, died Sun- He worked as a pharmacist's assistant here t | Mr. Chvatal, 73, in t'| day at St. Luke's Hospital, where he was before entering the Army the served in France. World War IL He - admitted Nov. 6 after becoming ill at Mr. Chvatal is survived by his wife, Hazel; i Brecksville Little Theater performance of daughter, Deborah Milder; son, Gary i "Promises, Promises," which he had directed. grandchildren; a He had heart disease. sister; and *:brother. three Services will be at 1 p.mz tomorrow at A.. 1 He was to have started work next month on Nosek and sons, Gerber-McCreery and Hather ' «Tea House of the August Moon," a student funeral home, 8150 Brecks\,ille Rd., Breeks. 1 production at Woodridge High School in Penin- ville. i -*ViC-«A-) i»»,6: Joseph and Anna Kaderabek (Albe and Joe Klukan interview JK) .»*:£ 7350 Dunham Road Joe and Albe Klukan 7270 Stuble Lane 232-3775 Kaerabek was Albe Klukan's mother. Kaderabek had a house and an ice pond. Neighborhood kids came to ice skate there. The Kaderabeks invited kids into their house for goodies after they ice skated. Old timers interviewed tell this same story. The Kaderabek house was by Dunham Products, on the same property, just south of the business. Records say Albe's parents, the Kaderabeks, bought their property in 1932. They lived in Cleveland, and bought out here to have a weekend getaway. They bought the cottage" *4country farm house" on Dunham Road from Ann Williams, and they also bought some land from the NY Central Railroad. They came out here on weekends; they did not do any serious farming. After Albe married Joe Klukan, her parents moved into the Dunham Road house in 1935. The Metroparks bought part of the back acreage. Frances Willing married a Spieth. They lived on top ofDunham Hill, towards Maple Hts. i D•,h•,8= 1 KLUKAN'D-/3-03 . JOSEPH R KLUKAN, age 92. Founder and President of Dunham Products, Inc. : Beloved husband of the : late Albe (nee Radembek) loving father of Ronald : (Doily), and Dennis (Barbaral; dear grandfather of Katherine Spitznagel (Brian), Sandra Tannert and Joseph F. Klukan 11; great grandfather of Richard, David and Alex Tannert; Daniel and Alyssa Spitinagel. Friends may call at VODRAZKA FUNER- AL HOME, 6505 BRECKSVILLE RD, INDE. PENDENCE (RT. 21 SOUTH OF ROCKSIDE) whire services will be ·held Thursday, Oct. 16 at 9:45 a.m. and at St Mary Church of Bedford at 10:80 a.m. Entombment Alt Saints Cemetery. VISITING : HOURS WEDNESDAY 24 AND 7-9 P:M. Gloria and Bob Timko BOB TIMKO INTERVIEW 11-12-2002 8910 Brandywine Rd, Sagamore Hills OH 44067 330-467-6305 Gloria is Jeannette Sorrente's daughter Gloft' In 1946, when Bob was 6 years old, he and his family moved into the farmhouse at the NE corner of Dunham and Alexander Rds. George Timko bought the house and 80 acres. George and Helen Timko, one son, Bob, and 4 daughters The 80 acres went from Alexander Road to Egbert Road, and from Dunham to today's North Meadowpark Drive. The Timkos farmed 40 of the 80 acres of their property: they raised chickens, cows, pigs, sheep, geese, ducks George Timko had a trucking business, trucking gravel and sand, etc., then in 1948 he went into industrial hauling. When they bought the farm there was an old farmhouse. The house was full oftermites. So they burned down the house. He couldn't even use the old foundation of sandstone blocks. He got rid ofthe sandstone blocks. George built a new foundation. Then he built a new house. George used the old barn. He put a new roof on it and built coops, etc. for other animals. The Timko' s used the well that was there when they bought the property. There were springs along I the hillside, so they had ample drinking water. There was a cistern on the property In 1946, when the family bought the property, they were able to hook up to the electric wires. Bob knew the Hesouns, the Blacks (Black Beauty, the Kolises (Kolis smoked meats for the Timkos) 1 the Atheys, the Bolazses, Ray Brown who raised horses, and the Ricks .··• ""'t'f, 1,49 The Metropark bought the house and 80 acres from George Timko aroundd964-1965 In 1964 Bob Timko wanted to buy some ofhis dad's property and buirahouse for himself. But, his father said he wanted to keep the property in one chunk, and would not sell him part of it. All the present homes on Alexander Road were part ofTim Pope's land, not Timko property. Timko Family George and Ann Timko 7525 Dunham Road NE corner of Alexander/Dunham Roads They lived at the house until they died. George died September, 1979 the house Property now owned by Metroparks and they tore down On the Timko land was a mill - maybe a cider mill Onfor from Jack Schultis, Pinecrest, Bedford 232-1291 Theyhad a chestnut grove. just south of the Walton Hills Church of Yaro Hes oun lived on Dunham Rd, west side, new house Christ (his house was torn down by the new owner. New owner put up a Before Timkos the house had been owned by a Willing. The Willings planted the chestnut trees. ' ft'is kid S. Fe S&.m f Thezcci"-C. Before Rudolph and Lena Willing the house was owned by the Ridgeway family. 7».. house was built in 1870's. (infor from: Bill Osborn Metroparks) There were a lot of Indian artifacts on the property. Bob Timko and his family found pottery, coins, and remnants of a fire pit. covered the entrance to the cave so his kids There was a cave on the Timko property. George Timko and other kids wouldn't get into it and get hurt. of The cave entrance faced Alexander Road, 100-150 feet on the NE side Alexander Road, East ofDunham Road. Bob Timko remembers the cave and the Indian artifacts he found. the sides of his new streets and what is now General L. S. Conelly hired Bob Timko to cut grass along side mower. the Walton Hills Lake Park property. Timko used a small tractor that had a *'Jack St. John and some other men found an Indian site on this property. Dunham Roads. He found a lot of Indian artifacts at the corner between Egbert and lived there. They figured 200 Indians must have They found amulets, arrowheads, etc. They found a black stone with a hole through the center of it" Aa. 1-10 n lf'lls OCU 1 AOOR 92000 a r. l °+ 1/ GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST The Village of Walton Hills: Tracing Our Heritage by Jean and Bob Kainsinger This is the first in a series of articles in the Walton Hills Owl. Future articles will discuss: * 1940-1945 The World War II Years * 1945-1950 After World War II, and * 1936-Early 1960's Conelly Repaints the Landscape 1935 - 1940 AFTER THE DEPRESSION AN OVERVIEW Few people lived in our part ofBedford Township during this span of years. The farmers were getting on in years. The younger generation didn't want to stay on the farm. They moved into urban areas where they could find jobs and have city conveniences. Some farms became idle fields, abandoned because of back taxes. Some farm houses were vacant occupied by a widow/widower, rented, or up for sale. Few home buyers looked for a big tract of land with wells, water pumps, out-houses, and no electricity. COTTAGES ALONG DUNHAM ROAD In those years it was popular for middle-class urban families to have a get-away cottage in the countryside, beyond the city limits. The occupants ofthe cottages lived and worked in the city, and came out here on weekends and for vacations. Along both sides of Dunham Road, from the Astorhurst southward, and even south ofAlexander Road, there were several summer cottages. A cluster of these cottages were on a dirt lane appropriately called Dunham Lane. Some of the cottages were individually owned and some were rented out by Mae Chvatal. Mae Chvatal' s parents were the Rezaks, who had a truck farm along the northwest corner of Dunham and Alexander Roads. Mae's husband was Dr. Frank Chvatal, who's of ce was near St. Alexis Hospital, on Broadway Avenue. In the 1940's, Mae Chvatal and her son, Bob, prepared to sell their cottages. They converted some ofthem into year-round houses. They even relocated a few ofthem from one spot to another along Dunham Road. The Chvatals knew their cottages would sell faster ifthey had electricity and phone service. After years of trying, finally near the end of World War II, Bob Chvatal was instrumental in getting CEI lines and telephone lines installed along Dunham Road, between Alexander and Sagamore Road. A few of the summer cottages still stand today, although it takes a close look to identify them. They have been enlarged and renovated. 10 H Owi- Il- 10 0 3. GLIMPSES INTO THE PAST -- -- 1935 - 1940 AFTER THE DEPRESSION (eont. p.2, In 1935 Joseph and Anna Kaderabek, converted their summer cottage on Dunham Road into a permanent residence after their daughter, Albe, married Joe Klukan. Four generations of Klukans live in the village today: Joe Kiukan and his son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Dolly Klukan, have houses on Stuble Lane. Ron and Dolly's son, Joe, lives on Dunham Road, and one oftheir daughters and son-in-law, Kathy and Brian Spitznagle and their children, Daniel and Alyssa, live on Spanghurst Drive. Joe Klukan's house at 7350 Dunham Road Joan Wills' house, at 7257 Dunham Road, started out as a summer cottage owned by his was once a summer cottage. GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, the Kaderabeks. .*f »3. 1 - .., .-7.43. ... .,4 *4'.- -'.....k:$*4-' ...: 4 2 N Ii; 4.RE._ ;,4.- 04, i *e./:. . Both ofthese houses were originally summer cottages: 7715 Dunham Lane 7775 Dunham Road -7- '. \. ¢. ALONG DUNHAM ROAD Name: Converted Summer Cottage Address: 7775 Dunham Road Comments: 2012 - Property of Jeanette (Sagula) Schaeffer 2002 photo Still Standing: Yes f\ Name: Joseph and Anna Kaderabek Converted Summer Cottage Address: 7350 Dunham Road residence Comments: In 1935 Joseph and Anna Kaderabek converted their summer cottage into a permanent for their daughter, Albe, when she married Joe Klukan. the Kaderabeks 1990 - Property of Joseph Klukan 11, Great-Grandson on 2002 Photo Still Standing: Yes .T r 4 , A ,\\F P f Ir k - r#:IiA x --1-/ 4%.twi,ir- -5 15 44# ALONG DUNHAM ROAD Name: Converted Summer Cottage Address: 7257 Dunham Road Comments: For many years Joan Wills lived in this house. 2002 Photo Still Standing: Yes 775 ALONG DUNHAM ROAD Name: Converted Summer Cottage Address: 7715 Dunham Lane Comments: 1989 - Property of Joseph Serio 2002 photo Still Standing: Yes r " 5 oaMEA « caTTA 6 6*5 ' St .2. f + & .30*A) (A 115 House- 1157 huu,-144116 '2 3-2.002. 8,096 DuRHAARd. 1r . " 1,1 - -Imt.,' J00 1*...... 'I-- t»·.•-.- -:7/4 )+ 10 LY. 11 .„ Illil1,2 i/,6 6* r-=-J9.84-4-_"3* 37.2,7,- »7 251 S.-J„- RA » .' 34°01 6/ fit» j ... Sagamore Hills Beer Garden SAGAMORE HILLS BEER GARDEN The Sagamore Hills Beer Garden at 7100 Dunham Road was another local gathering place in the mid 1930's and 1940's. It was located on the hillside next to the Astorhurst. The beer garden was primarily a summer attrac- tion and was closed during the winter months. Joseph Silk and his wife, Anna (Hadvabny), managed the family run business from their living quarters in the back of the house. A special feature of the establishment was moonlight dancing on the large inside dance floor. Patrons were served at tables on the enclosed front porch and also under the grape arbor in the back. MOONLIGHT DANCING, the country atmosphere, and beer - not necessarily in that order - drew customers to The Sagamore Hitts Beer Garden at 7100 Dunham Roaci »om the mid 1930's through the 1940's. (1986 photograph) 7,--1 F W// 19 The Silk's developed their back acreage, which sloped down to the vallej into picnic grounds, and rented the grove to church groups and other local organizations. Their facilities included pop, beer, and food stands, outside picnic tables, and a big pavilion that sometimes served as a dance hall. The beer garden has since been remodeled into a private residence. M *tl . 0 W 1- lo -1007 ALONG DUNHAM ROAD The SAGAMORE HILLS BEER GARDEN by Jean and Bob Kainsinger The Sagamore Hills Beer Garden at 7100 Dunham Road was a local gathering place in the mid 1930s and 1940s. It was located on the hillside next to the Astorhurst. The beer garden was primarily a summer attraction and was closed during the winter months. Joseph Silk and his wife Anna managed the family run business from their living quarters in the back of the house. A special feature of the establishment was moonlight dancing on the large inside dance - floor. Patrons were served at tables on the enclosed front porch and also under the grape arbor in the back. The Silks developed their back acreage, which sloped down to the valley, into picnic grounds. They rented the grove to church groups and other local organizations. Facilities in the grove included pop, beer and food stands, outside picnic tables and a big pavilion that sometimes served as a dance hall. Many years ago the beer garden was remodeled into a residence, and is now home to the DAN and JENNIFER VALENTINE family. The property is owned by the National Parks. It is possible that in the year 2010 the Park System may choose to end its lease with the family. If so, the land would revert to parkland acreage. .=* 2.: MOONLIGHT DANCING, the country atmosphere and beer -- not necessarily in that order - drew customers to The Sagamore Hills Beer Garden at 7100 Dunham Road. (1986 photograph by Nina Wolf) -42- Building/Site Name Building Number Partyka Property NL Address Historic Property Assessment 7100 Dunham Road Cuyahoga Valley Tract Number Retention/Date Expires National Park 102-12 2015 Building Utilization Plan Status Rehabilitate 0 HPLP 0 Demolition W Other Date Built Building Type Architectural Style h c. 1860; c. 1933 Side Gable Cottage with additions Vernacular Associated Cultural Landscape Report Themes Historical Significance Associated Buildings Garage/Workshop Prehistory 0 Yes 0 No M List of Classified Structures Transportation Il Settlement 0 Explanation Yes Il No G Industry Property is associated with significant events National Register Of Historic Places Agriculture 01 and patterns of events, but not in a manner Yes 0 No g Recreation B necessary for consideration No association under the NRHP A Condition 0 criteria for evaluation. additions and cquisition Multiple Good 0 Fair Dil Poor 0 alterations would obscure historical Other any associations even if present and cost integrity. Current Condition Good 0 Fair 0 Poor 0 Physical Elements No. of Stories Basement Foundation Roof Wall Construction Chimney 1.5 Partial Con. Blk Sandst. Asphalt Shingles Wood Frame Center Utilities Water Electric Gas Septic Cistem Other City Yes Oil City Property Description The Partyka Property is a narrow 8-acre tract of land located at 7100 Dunham Road at the far northeast end of the CVNP (Tract 102- 12) in old Bedford Township Parcel 71, now in Walton Hills. The extant improvements consist of a residence and a detached garage/workshop. The one-and-one-half story wood frame dwelling consists of a c. 1860 core structure and several additions, many of which were added when the property was converted to a beer hall after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. (Cont'd) Sources/References Checked Cultural Landscape Report E List of Classified Structures B Tract Files W 4#. Building Files 9 Historic Structure Files EP National Register Nomination e Agricultural MPD 0 Recreation MPD 0 Other Field Survey See Attached Prepared By S. Tamburro; W. Hunter 0, 6 8. Date Nov. 2001; rev. April 2015 4, .t-2 /1, - - ·0 0 1 f A , 1 /r r·4 7 (9/ , O 02* 0 .. 1 1 9 D 1.4 .9 \ 0 1 • \ - - (Northfleld, OH 1994) Physical Description (Cont'd) The core is a side-gable building that is two building-units wide, one unit deep and one-and-one-half stories in height, and is resting on sandstone piers supplemented by large concrete blocks. The side addition was one building-unit square, but was supplemented by porches on both the rear; the front porch runs the length of the combined structure and was once used as dance and dining area for the beer garden. The porches and additions rest on a continuous concrete block foundation that conceals a partial basement under the core and full basement under the addition that still retains the wooden bar and bar back. An enclosed porch and a ramp are appended to the south elevation The house is clad with horizontal wood siding and stained wood vertical siding. The fenestration is irregular, the various size window bays inset with an assortment of window types in the house including double hung, sliding track, fixed paned, and jalousie. All appear to be replacement units. The moderately pitched roof of the core is covered with asphalt shingles, features modest eaves and overhangs and is pierced on its center ridge by a brick furnace chimney. The gable of the core component is steeply pitched and provides additional height, light and ventilation to the unfinished partial attic. Located to the rear of the residence is a large brick garage and workshop reportedly constructed before 1922. The garage and workshop is two building units wide, three units deep and one and one half stories tall, and once featured a full length shed addition that served as a chicken house was on the south elevation until it was removed in 2007 due to its severely deteriorated condition. The building is pierced on its faGade by a central door way, a small window, and large garage door that was cut into the structure. The low pitched gable front roof is pierced on the gable ends by a central doorway and window opening into an attic story. The gable roof has a modest pitch and the gable apexes, once clad with wood siding, are now covered with building paper. The land is divided by a steep forested ravine which contains an unnamed stream that drains directly into Tinkefs Creek. The balance of adjacent land use is generally privately-owned rural residential or undeveloped. The Bedford Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks is located to the east and south, and there is an extensive system of horse, hiking, and bicycle trails existing/proposed in the immediate vicinity. Historical Narrative The property was originally located within the 163-acre Parcel 71 in southwestern Bedford Township, a tract that was bisected from southeast to northwest by a long-established route from Pittsburgh to Detroit known as the Mahoning Trail, and from northeast to south west by Tinkers Creek. This intersection of an early overland route with a major tributary of the Cuyahoga River resulted in the ridges and bottomlands near the mouth of Tinkers Creek emerging as an early node in the settlement landscape. The relationship of the square parcel with the Tinkers Creek valley meant that there were three distinct landforms within the property, trending from northeast to south west: the creek bottoms, including a valuable mill seat, a first terrace above a steep slope, and a second terrace and ridge top on a small drainage divide above a tributary. The power of Tinkefs Creek was first developed for milling by the firm of Adams and Starr, who built a grist mill on the terrace above the original course of Tinkers Creek, which then located to the north of the existing river course. ''. O.e.' The principal agents of landscape change in the area were the the Gleeson Although members of fa,914. not original settlers, the Gleeson (also Gleason) families were instrumental in developing portions of Bedford and In endence Townships. First purchasing land on the east side of the Cuyahoga River as early as 1818, Moses Gleeson purchased )of the mill seats on Tinkers Creek from William Parker in 1841 (Cuyahoga County Deed 30:373). On September 17,1850, the second owners of the more expansive mill site, the principals of the firm of Culverson and Boland (including James Bolan, Alexander Culberson, James Orr and C. Parker), sold the rest of the improvements on Lots 61 and 71 to Moses Gleeson (Cuyahoga County Deed Book 48:129). By 1852, Moses Gleeson, in partnership with'his frall son Edmond, was the principal land owner in the area and proprietor of the subject tract, as well as other lands running along Tinkers Creek (Kainsinger and Kair€1Dpr 2006). r Tbe Gleeson family developed the World's End tavem in the center of the tract on level ground between the su*ct house and the Egypt'Mound as a stop on the heavily traveled Cleveland to Pittsburgh Turnpike Route. Egypt Mownd, located 4Pa prominent glacial kame landscape feature long thought to have association with prehistoric and historic area occupation and travel through the region. Later altered for fill during the construction of the New· York Central Railroad over the valley, the pyramidal mound was an important part of the local geography and reason. for the neighborhood being known as Little Egypt. The area known as Little Egypt was a small I community with a "handful of houses' that developed relative to the topography and early industries along Tinkers Creek that were I oriented to both local long distance trade via the Ohio & Erie Canal and what became Cleveland-Pittsburg turnpike route (Denk 1954). The subject house may have been built during this period in association with other Gleeson holdings. Sometime after EdOr'u Gleeson's death and his burial atop the Egypt Mound, Parcel 71 was subdivided, the valuable mill tracts along Tinkers Creek Including a saw mill, grist mill and house, were retained by the Edmund Gleason heirs, some of whom began to divest themselves of the upland portions of the property. In 1871, heirs David and Elizabeth Faulkner and Thomas and Polly Cole sold an existing house and a narrow 8-acre long lot: "part of lot no. seventy-one [...1 beginning at the center of the road at the east lot line running south to the comer of the original lot No. eleven, thence running west long lot line sixteen rods, thense north parallel to the center of the road, thense eastward to the.place of beginning" They sold the property to David and Elizabeth Faulknefs daughter Alice Phillips, a single mother, with the condition that it be occupied and retained until her son, William Saville, reached the age of majority, when it would automatically transfer to his name (Cuyahoga County Deed 205:497). A house or·building appears on or near the location of the subject on the 1874 county atlas on a narrow 8 acre tract as owned by Alice Phillips (Lake 1874). By 1874, the rest:if the land on Parcel 71 was owned then by Thomas Hogg, also likely an I heir. An 1875 deed quit claim to the property from other Gleeson heirs and clarified the right of William Seville to assume ownership (Cuyahoga County Deed Book 246:52). However, William (Willie) Seville was enumerated with his grandparents David and Elizabeth Faulkner in the 1880 Census, while Alice Phillips was enumerated' with husband John Phillips and their children in Cleveland (Federal Census 1880). Meanwhile, Edmond Gleeson's only daughter Clara Gleeson was working to reassert her ownership of the family lands and required the core of Parcel 71. 1 »IF .>J »6 oil lets In 1881, Clara Gleeson married Dominick the Carey, principal of conjitruction firm of Pa ,Carey & Co., speplalists in the developR,ent i of railroads, bridges and tunnels, a well-known engineer who honed his skills working gn canals. The coyp16 lived briefly at Wo Id's End tavem while·Carey worked on construction of the Valley Railroad. *on after he and de, Idped'a large portion f:alcel 71 as a gentleman's horse farm to complement his other holdings in Ind*endence and his mansiono mionaires Row" on Euclid Avenue 04 in Cleveland (Kainsinger and Kainsinger 2006). The Maple Wood tock Farm was developea expansive operationii;'included/ISi barn. exercise track and a number of support buildings in both:thd bottoms and upland on Parcel 71. Dominck Carey died suddenly in 1892 while working on a bridge in Wheeling, W.Va., and his Howard Carey assumed management the farm operation. At that time, the 8' acre-parcel ('formerly owned by theestate of M. P. Gleeson") was the property of Enos and Martha Adams, descendants of the original TInkers Creek mill own rs (Cuyahoga County Deed Book 556:401) '61 Ldo·'tLL' s By 1922, the 8 acre parcel,»s the home of W. and-K Bitt r, aturing the house and the bam or workshop, both shown to be on or near their current sites (Hgpkins 1922). At the time(Work* End and its support buildings are shown north of Egypt Road· (Dunham), on a 148.5 acre tract owned by Clara Gleeson Carey. B9-th f time, the old mill and house site, and the Maple Wood Stock Farm racetrack Bon the level, bottoms e been sold to the *stor family for use as a day camp for Cleveland's rising Jewish middle class (Hopkins 1922; .=,> ,!=Re2006). me 1922 Hopkins map also demonstrates that in the modem era portions of the·old Gleeson holding and surrounding tor kaEg were developed as small scale cottages, used as weekend retreats, and the area became a recreational destination. During this time, Joseph Silk acquired or leased· the property from the Bittner Family. In the mid-193Os, after the repeal of Prohibition, the subject house and garage/workshop were used as the Sagamore Hills Beer Garden, a popular gathering spot operated by Joseph Silk and his wife Anna. The Silks had divided the house into a public house in the basement and part of the first floor, and living area on the rear of the main story. The beer garden was known for its large open air dance floor, a grape arbor and picnic pavilion to the rear, which was rented out to community and church groups. At some point, the Partyka family acquired the property. On July 11,1985, the 4) t- Fllip Investment Company, an entity developed by the Partyka family in order to develop the property as housing, sold the tract to the National Park Service (Cuyahoga County deed Book 85-4045:36). NRHP Evaluation Althowgh the property has been associated with events, patterns of events (Settlement, Recreation) and persons (Moses Gleeson; Dominick Carey) that made a significant contribution to local, state, or national history, it does not do so in a manner necessary to considered eligible for the NRHP under Criteria A or B. Further, although a mid-nineteenth century house reused as a beer garden, the Partyka house and garage/workshop are not important examples of styles or movements within American Architecture and do not characterize a property type that has been identified as having cultural important to Cuyahoga Valley, and are therefore not eligible for the NRHP under Criterion C. Further, the alteration of the buildings, loss of associated landscape features and changes to the setting have cost the property integrity of design, materials, workmanship, feeling and setting, and have obscured association with historic events and people, Moreover, the Partyka Property does not characterize a property type that has been identified as having cultural important to the Park's two Multiple Property Documentation Forms [MPD]: Agricultural Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley and Recreation and Conservation Resources of the Cuyahoga Valley. The Partyka House is not eligible for the National Register of Historic Places due lack of substantive association and a loss of'integrity. References Denk, M. 1954 Little Egypt. The Walton Hill Owl. Village of Walton Hill, Walton Hills, Ohio. Hopkins, G.H 1922 P/at Book of Cuyahoga County. G.M. Hopkins Company, Cleveland, Ohio Jesnesky, J, D. 1980 Pages from a Tinkers Creek Va#ey Scrapbook. The Northhampton'Historical Society, Walton Hills, Ohio. Kainsinger, J and' B. 2006 Historic Sites in Our Parks. Village of Walton Hills, Walton Hills, Ohio. Lake, D. J. 1874 A#as of Cuyahoga Coun(y, Ohio. Titus, Simmons & Titus, Philadelphia, PA Boy Scout Cabin - Hermit - Hermit Hollow IPicnic Pavilion The Boy Scout Cabin Chris Foss - the Old Hermit Hermit Hollow Picnic Pavilion Boy Scout Cabin Before the Cleveland Metroparks established Bedford Reservation in 1922, the Bedford Boy Scouts built a Cabin near Dunham Road, by Tinkers Creek, in the present Hermit Hollow Picnic Area. From the cabin, a narrow path paralleling the south side of Tinkers Creek, went downhill to Dunham Road. The Boy Scouts used the cabin on weekends and in the summer. In the 192Os, when the Scouts no longer used the cabin, they let an old man whom locals called a Hermit, to stay there as caretaker. Chris Foss - the Hermit The Bedford Reservation staff allowed the hermit, Chris Foss, to stay in the cabin. 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S *+.: .0.0 lit w 4'6. . ., V i #1 4,4. , , W,7 4- .. -- 4 .-. ., .· d 1G 34 7446-FL-;444 £04,1 11111111111111 1 1 *i »*# '42.*:» .- . I i#t The 1902 structure wae the home of Tinkre tavern. from 1963 to 2006, : - , 4 t-- TINKE , 01EKKAD TR/ER I ' 1902 3 *+ 4-4 4.4.- ke Cahill made massive Devaoper M renovattone to the property in 2006 ...-..r,laaen HoWing one oWest Uquor licenses and decades History Ofthestate's oftall tales, the restoration ofa 1902 home mrned tavern uncovered stories Ofgunslinging, Cuyahoga Valley cowboys and a pet crow. he boxy beige Colonial could be confused with one of the hilly terrain and miniscule police force gave Cuyahoga Valley the remaining farmhouses on this lonely rural stretch farmers and horse riders the seclusion to play Midwest cowboys. i of road if not for the sign: Tinkers Creek Road Tavern. «Just like Vegas, everything stayed there." The Walton Hills place has had several names throughout the Later, in the'6Os, when the taps spewed Genesee, the place was years. "Hole-in-the-wall" would have fit until a few years ago. known as Tinki's, and the wildlife was on the inside as much as It seems unimaginable today while kicking back on the tav- out. There was a pet crow tied to the bar and tales of cockroach ern's patio with a $9 martini: a fawn climbs a nearby embank- races. Cahill recounts these stories while showing off framed ment, kayakers navigate the creek's shoaling water. Inside, the photographs of his tavern's many incarnations and a sawed-off restored oak dining room and matching bar implies Tremont- Louisville Slugger he says once served as "crowd control." trendy rather than old-school roadhouse. But nestled alongside But Jeff Alexander, the nephew ofbrothers Sam and Sebastian the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, the tavern feels much far- Parasiliti, who owned Tinki's from 1963 to 2006, says the place . ther away from downtown than the 12-mile separation suggests. wasn't as wild as Cahill makes it sound. He sure has an imagi- Mike Cahill, a Marblehead, Ohio, developer, anted up nation," Alexander says. He points to Sebastian's widow, Shelby, $500,000 three years ago and took a gamble on infusing the a petite woman who still wears a strawberry beehive hairdo. "She streamside saloon, which has one of the state's oldest liquor li- was the bouncer for 40 years. How rough could it have been?" censes, with some beach-cottage class. Along the way, he gave Randy Westfall, the 59-year-old mayor of neighboring Valley new life to one ofthe oldest, rowdiest drinking holes most Cleve- View, cleared up the controversy for us: First, he says, there is landers never knew existed. something to all the rough talk, and second, he loved hanging Cahill shucked the tavern to its husk while restoring the 1902 out there."A fight wouldn't be anything unusual," he says. Shel- structure - originally a private home and produce stand - to by used to listen to him lament his girl troubles as she tended its Progressive Era roots. As he says, «Sometimes going forward bar, and when he and his friends drank too much 3.2 beer, "they means you have to go back." had a quick fuse to throw us out of there." And the history goes back quite a ways. Walton Hills historical Decades changed, and Tinki's chugged on mostly the same. records show a cabin existed on the property as far back as 1813. But the bar was looking its age when Cahill bought it in 2006. But the colorful stuff came after the end ofProhibition let booze While his showman side revels in the wild stories, Cahill the his- flow freely. During the 194Os, the place was known as Charlie's, torian says it's an honor to build his new legacy atop such a sto- and it wasn't uncommon for the dungeonlike basement to be ried foundation offlowing alcohol and alpha males. used as an impromptu shooting range. "Anything went," con- "It's nice to take a little piece ofthe past and keep it alive just a firmstWaltbn Hillshistorian Jeanne Kainsinger, explaining that little bit longer." - John Hitch 14 AUGUST 2009 l www.clevelandmagazine.com · PRESENT DAY TAVERN/SAM TWAR-EK "After the Hunt - at Tink's Tavern" Mid 1950s Photo by John Kocsis 1, '. - -':WiuMAS:;711&''*4: 3.25 I 00.1,14'<19·15 M I 4.4 . 1.Fk: m -44- Charlie's / Tink's Tavern / Tinkers Creek Tavern In 1926, Chades Benada bought a building (built c. 1902) on Tinkers Creek Road and opened Charlie's Tavem. The cabin had been an old' blacksmith shop, and was on the site of an earlier cabin owned by Elijah Nobles. From 1926 to the early 200Os, the lavern was a place where horsebackiriders and other local people could congregate, drink and chat. After a series of owners, Mike Cahill, a waterfront restorer of 'historic sites, purchased the property in 2006. Cahill restored and renovated the lavern into an upscale establishment. Since 2011 Kathy Price is the owner of the restaurant and its acreage. Caption for the mid 1950s photo "After the Hunt - at Tink's Tavem" L to R: STEVE DUBER (bom 1915 in Bedford died 1975 in iBedford) Steve Duber lived on Old Egbert Road in Bedford Wor*ed at American Steel Drum, He owned and trained Race Horses Contact Persons: Son: Steve Duber (Alice) 17070 Andras Drive, Walton Hills 440. 439.5216 All Phase, 181 Northfield Road, Bedford 440. 439.4200 JOE SIRNA (bom 4-20-1896 in Sicily died 4-28-1979 in tBedford) Joe Sima came to Bedford when he bought the bar in 1953 He owned and managed Sima's Cafa Contact Persons: Son and Daughter-in-Law: Leo and Beverly Sima, (current owner/manager of Sima's) 18171 Kydan Lane, Walton Hills, 440. 232.6010 Sima's Cafa, 795 Broadway Avenue, Bedford 440. 232.9825 JACK WILUNG (died In about 1990) Jack Willing lived in 'Little Egypr his entire life, first at the NE comer of Alexander and Dunham Road, then at 14800 Button Road (Hemlock Creek Parkway, Bedford Reservation) He sold his property to the Metroparks, but lived there until his death. Afterwards, the park razed his house and bam. The site is their Maintenance Center. MERLIN BEMENT (died some years after 1975, in Florida) Merlin Bement came from work, at the Walton Hills Village Hall, to join his friends after their hunt. Note his shirt and lie. He was the Walton Hills Village Clerk from January 1952 - May 1969 Merlin Bement lived at 7242 Walton Road in Walton Hills, hom 1938-1969 SAM SIRNA (bom17-13-1919 in Sicily died 6-11-1973 in Bedford) Sam Sima came to Bedford when his father'bought an existing tavem in 1953 Contact Persons: Younger Brother and SisteNn-Law: Leo and Beverly Sima, (current owner/manager of Sima's) 18171 Kydan Lane, Walton Hills, 440. 232.6010 Sima's Caf6,795 Broadway Avenue, Bedford 440. 232.9825 The Photographer: JOHN KOCSIS (John died 11-30-1980 His wife, Dorothy, died 2-1988) John and Dorothy Kocsis built their house at 17225 Spanghurst Drive in Walton Hills, after they were discharged from. military service at the end of World War ll. John was an avid amateur photographer. As a volunteer, he took photos at many village activities. He was an active member of the Walton Hills Boy Scouts, Men's Club and Lake Club. -45- * -45- t. .1..* 6 2 f., =I.*.h»./0 . ».- -Liwils--*8---- - /1&5111--- 1 Il -7»»»»-«.-3(33.=-„.».- -,t-i-- r... 22.--»-„I ./ -Zi= - -- .:'-- -, - - -...6.--Ye.1&<*-=*--.-r -. I . A3 lA= r-- 5 c ... 4 ------TInkers Ore e.k 4 .-2/t· 11 1 -f 0 4 6 r n 9 - 3-007 Phol-0 6 - 7-t 4,1-'44 ee ' . 1'3 e ., The 1902 etr·ucture was the horne of I.Pnki'e tavern tom 1963 to 2006. -L----Blf &I 18£e ...#przvad#.tilied/"& ' 4...... 4 - -...... --- 6-- ../5 111..'F:Al".liN..m..... te 55 =3*.--- -- ...*4/. - - -1- 4-=H Developer Mike Cahill maae mageive '*0' renovations to the property In 2006. BEDFORD SUN BANNER www.cleveland.com/sun , Page C3 . 11-13-01 New look, great taste at Tinkers Creek Tavern Not so long ago, 2 : · i · . ' tractive umbrella-cov- ': . -r : ' ' ' .r Mike Cahill began -2-. ,, -. .:, ered patio his "extreme make- & pkE.' Tinkers Creek.overlooking . 4 Cahill wanted the £ t' Tinkers Creek . location "to make you +Alls ' Tavern in Walton i„,- 14- I feel you were a · mil- over" of the old , ' Hills. Today, it's ;;i- lion miles away from still Tinkers , Creek , the city, even though . . - » , 6 ' fea- ScooP . Tavern, but it it's only 13 miles to ' «'r t Dulour " tures "everything downtown Cleveland : new from top to bot- Barbarc B. Collier and just 2/z miles to t:* I · .,1 torn." Canal and Rockside · '' 4£:pil» / I - Cahill, an eiectrician by roads." He's done it. .'ll- »« trade, likes to take the worst Kevin Powers is the chef, of the worst sites, preferably with previous experience at · 4.rb'. I ...V I on the water, and bring them Nemo Grille in Avon. Turns ' back to something no one out his grandparents and par- ' would think possible. ents owned the long-popular ' , 1 .. 't:' : 7'' I Thus, he .bought the Broglio's that was just off '»'. '.- 1.25-acre property along Ohio near the-old Route 21, ,-, Tinkers Creek in mid-2006. It Cloverleaf in Independence. - took until January to wade . We began lunch with Ca- through the red tape and se- nadian mussels ($5) steamed 11'A . -, - ' . -3 - 1- ' ·(--1 - : 1 ... : cure the permits to begin in a tomato-garlic broth. IT,-,4 work on a place that, for Warm crusty bread, was great Al/L *i years, was a "stinky, icky bar" for dipping up the and beer somewhat deliciously - - « .... S.--I . 1 - : ' » . - ' joint of chunky sauce. ,q "«»„.,»fe -,=....»„.„„ - renown. 4• 2 . seedy The -soup of the day was » ' -3 ft'* . . - 6 .'-,--r/2 ....'. Cahill stripped it to its ba- broccoli-Cheddar. ($3), but - '' '711 J... sic structure and, with Chris lobster bisque is always on ' . -7 : ' . - 'r -.'» Jett and as much qualified 10- the menu. The spetial, served - :, .'. ' ' 4 ,- -- cal help as he could muster, piping hot, was a tasty choice. i. d. reconstruction was under way. One · of our luncheon - ' - '•:1: *uN PHOTOS BY JIM OLEXA The driginal structure, built choices was plump cheese- '2 4 : in 1902, was a home with . a filled tortellini ($10), tossed '..4 .. r . ....'1--'-=. - roadside stand that nbw is the with prosciutto and peas in a All/v · · . . , kitchen. Other parts were Parmesan cheese sauce. The , Raise yallt, gldss to the added over the years until it perfectly cooked tortellini had / -£1 ·: · c new atlbdiphere at evolved into a bar. Cahill ·has a soft and flavorful filling. It F ·.. ' Tavern, retained all the original struc- was complemented nicely by Tinker:1 96Ic ' 6 complim,nts of owner ture. the creamy Parmesan sauce. IL<,. '·t-, 14 Mike Catiill $bove. The "The property was horri- For an extra $4, you can get a chuckling, "and house - - .:· . flat irofit ealE' left, ble," he said, salad. -..'' fashion&1 by chef Kevin many of the properties I redid Menu salads are house, L ==, .vit · . Powets,1 10*Al. isa on Marblehead were bad, but Caesar and the · head lettuce %h...... *. ..'· populdlt#inrier entree. this place. was the worst.- I wedge topped with ba- -. /..'. ($6), VA- usually rate properties from con bits, red onion and . grape . F#K i **A·i . zero to 10 and this place was a tomatoes, then served with : &5 2." creamy Gorgonzola. tomato and onion. All sand- 1pcal The resulting Tinkers mdrke-p it'nd farmers, but , The blackened grouper wiches come with hand-cut everyti*gr- ·he says, will be Creek Tavern 2007 opened in sandwich ($11) was fries. disap- made tt#* ·scratch. He .is September and it looks a super. pointing, leaving slight fishy Entrees include semi-bone- 'serving yehison now : and The renovation has brought a taSte. It was served similiar to less brined half-chicken ($11), hopes to introduce other light and attractive .place the fashion in which every roasted and served herbed game toi the winter menu that's great for casual dining. restaurant in south Florida pan jus with fingerling pota- while alsd' incorporating ah- Cahill estimates that he has serves the .wildly popular toes and vegetable. The ovcr- nic specialties. sunk about $500,000 in the sandwich. night brining ensures the Tinkers Creek Tavern is at it looks it. Natural The mildly place, but blackened fillet chicken will be moist and ten- 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, oak runs throughout the was served on a Kaiser roll den where Valley View building, including the butts' up floors with lettucc, tomato, red on- Flat-iron steak, pork chops, against Walton Hills. For arid a carved bar ion and beautifully the ' Tinkers Creek grilldd Atlantic salmon and more information, call (216) that · he crafted' to his imagi- addition of its housemade to- strip steak are other choices. 642-3900. i the ning of original. mato-lime aiolh The 8-ounce strip, at $20, is Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 10 On a first visit in late au- The certified char-grilled the highest priced item on the p.m. Monday through Thurs- tumn, the weather was beau- Angus burger weighs in at 8 menu. day, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fri- tiful and sunny. We were ounces; toppdd with a choice Powers plans to adjust his day and Samr d5 and 1-9, %mpressed with the large, at«»--from-dIN:e--cheeses. lettuce. menu to what'f nin,TI hle-frnm' n n; 9„671,v '....., =. At comfortable, upscale_tavern, tasty dishes make up for miscues '8 ITHE PLAIN DEALER I Frid y, July 25,2008,. in itself. Combine it with m Sian yo: have a good yegf TASTE BITES I also liked a classic wedg4 Tinkeis Creek of iceberg lettuce decked out =*0*%4*4 „ 4, in "64 VGh e . -:S:rri gorgonzola dressing, crumi bled bacon, onion and grape -Where: 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, 11&* tomatoes. A crispy Caesar 4 Walton Hills. *..:... --'r -- salad ($5) fits the bill, too. Coltact 216-642-3900; www. ==- Both salads, however, served i -: tinkerscreekroadtavern.com.. I ./ on separate nights, p.m. Monday arrived ork r ,Ho'drs: 11:30 a.m. to 10 plates taken'straight from the. through Satilrday; 1 to 8 p.m. dishwasher, i.e., very warm. A . Sunday. · « #4 young waitress offered no ex- Prices:Appetizers, $6-$18; soups/ planation or apology. salads, $4-$11; sandwiches, $7-$11; t'* The food makes up for mis-· 4, . entrees, $12-$18; dessert, $6. haps. Tomato-lime aioli is the. Reservations: Recommended on precisely right foil for a black-. « weekends. ened grouper sandwich ($11).. ' Credit cards: Allmajor cards . Sandwiches come with accepted. I- good, . french fries, onion rings or cole- 1 Cleanliness: This tavern shines. slaw. A perfectly seasoned veal, Kid-frfendlfi,ess: Kids menu meatball ($11) sits atop a pile• - fedturds chicke,n tenddisitiasta, of angel-hair pasta swaddled in. , grilled cheese and ham-and-cheese Powers' terrific tomato sauce. sandwiches. ROADELL HI C KMAN 1 TH E PLAIN DEALER I've lately become a salmon, Quality of service: Friendly, but in- SCENIC VIEW: Diners at Tinkers Creek Road Tavern can enjoy a meal along within the leafy snob (only wild-caught for me), experience can show. envir6ns of Walton Hills. but still enjoy a well-grilled j Noise level: On busy nights, it's bois farm-raised fillet now and .1-' terous in the bar, loud In the dining DAVID FARKAS essayist wouldhavebeen made sauce surrounding neatly then. This kitchen produces a room. Special to The Plain Dealer happy. charred banana peppers ($8) fne example ($15), though top- f; Bar: Full service with a well-priced, mostly To begin with, the decor is couldn't be fresher; ditto for ping the f sh with rock shrimp 4 American wine list; 17 4 wines by.the glass, $6-$10. yet been con- cooling pale walls and wood dish could do without salty A pair of dry pork chops <-th,*ugh door on side of building.'To its titer batid. through *cioderi trived by man floors. Light pours through canvas of melted provolone. ($16), breaded with panko, was gate behind the only sampled 11.building. 1 ' 2,22by which t '21%iso largewindows, Z2offering 2't Ziaview Thelight2'; ; , 'rely'waytotempura-jacket en- .1.•=esilbillityET,diningdud anlong room. . much happiness produced of entrees· a sharply fla- ..Brade:..,- ** 4, is the lealy environs of'Walton casing calamari ($6) is a crispy Even. -as by a good tavern," declared polished wood bar and vored mustard sauce couldn't i;'!fatings are based on a scale of Hills. A and guiltless touch, though the ' - deep- zero to four 0 , Samuel Johnson. wooden tables and chairs also kitchen needs to hike the revive them. The side of stars. (Ond star means prom- fried . fair; 2 stars, good; 3 stars, very 'Ihle, Al Gore had yet to in- give the eatery ised spicy-citrus fingerlings, however,1 10-month-old quotient in the 1 -g094; 4 stars, exception i. Zero vent the Internet. Still, John- an air of upscale authenticity. accompanying knocked me out. I must have dipping sauce. them again! stars: not recommended.) Each son's point is timeless. Few The theme, for the most Other starters need no , rating..should be measured Not so with Tinkers Creek'a comparable restaurants: against food-and-beverage outlets can part, is carried through to the work. A large quesadilla ($9) a casual lone dessert, a stack of beat the unaffected hospitality menu, which bears evidence of crammed with rock shrimp, yellow ethnic spot is not graded against cake layered with custard andl : a fine establishment. Plain and simple yet delicious food fresh, high-qi,Ality yellow peppers, onion and ja- dining insredients. fruit filling ($6). Our server Dealer reviewers make at least two of a well-run tavern. Tinkers 'In a - phone'interview after my lapenos will make your taste called it "Tinkers Tower."' anonymous, yisits to each restau rant pree Rboal O 82:t.:12 t,Yrt:ZS : t;tt fse dAni ur lia 2 1:2'd 'robably cal% c 22:=2=l= . recently renovated last year, custom-grows some of the res- pea-tahini paste, pita wedges, restfurant rdviews ontib'din '·. is a modern-day example by taurant's produce. feta cheese, -cucumbers and . Cle*elanil.corn's Dini«h Bar Guide Farkas frequently writes about , at cleveland.com/dining, which the great 18th-century In fact, a pool of tomato ' tiny tomatoes, is nearly a meal food and restaurants. 41· W. Owl Aulust =:ott Spotlight on Tinkers Creek Tavern Walton Hills' jewel of a restaurant - Tinkers Creek Tavem - has a new owner. Kathie Price took possession of the restaurant located at 14000 Tinkers Creek Road on April 25th, gave it a minor facelift, and reopened on May Ist. It is truly a family business. Her son Robert Price is the chef who also plans the menus and specials. Her sister Kim Steinbrenner is the General Manager, accountant and bookkeeper. Kathie's philosophy is simple - provide good, reasonably priced food and good, friendly service with smiling faces. She believes in treating customers as she would expect to be treated. She is looking to build her clientele around "the locals." She also supports local farmers and other purveyors located in the surrounding cominunities. The Tinkers Creek Tavern menu has something for everyone - and what is humanly possible is fresh. Popular menu items include pulled pork and ribs (which are smoked twice a week), chicken and sausage gun]bo and fried goat cheese salad. The menu contains many other choices - including soups and salads, sandwiches and wraps, burgers, chicken, fish, pasta and steak. Specials appear on the menu on Friday and Saturday. Astorhurst Golf Course golfers are granted a discount of 15% off of their food with a greens fee receipt. If you take your Tinkers Creek Tavern receipt to Astorhurst, you can take advantage of their twilight rate at any time. Policemen and firemen are given a 25% discount. A senior discount is in the works. Tinkers Creek Tavern is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (kitchen closes at 9:30 p.m.) and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (kitchen closes at 10:00 p.m.). The restaurant is closed on Sunday. Kathie is hoping to maintain these hours through the winter. The restaurant is available for parties depending on the season and the day of the week. What's in the works for Tinkers Creek Tavern? Kathie is planning on having clambakes in the fall. She would also like to gather pictures of the restaurant/bar back in the old days - the bar has been in operation since the mid 1920's - and decoupage the pictures on the bar or hang them on the walls. She would also like to utilize the patio to display the work of local artists in the warm weather and to showcase the work of ice cal:vers in the winter. A new policy has been implemented - the patio is completely non-smoking. So when you come and sit out on one of Cleveland's top 20 best patio experiences as recognized by the Plain Dealer, you can do so in a healthy, clean environment! Check out the restaurant's website at www.TinkersTavern.com. You can read about the history of the restaurant and view their delicious menu items. Their telephone number is 216.642.3900. Reservations are accepted for parties of eight or more inside the restaurant only. - -rpire=f,2 53 -*.24*- - 5,14- ..\ *S'„ .:4- , ...... ' 1*53'0 __,Z.j' 9 2 ..,=rr T . -1 00 , G- f'4i ilm"'"W ....Af -.PIMMR=#pey£ , >. I„.r//r : r _164*/0/// 625* : ..06..142 I . 4:2*.:I.ADP..Al-WI#.14..3..'3... - // *4*#//.12Ff/*%BM - ./67-iitli8. .10/5,#/.4,"#.... . Le,jauqa./Whi 44 .fechaw/4.-: 5 . Aff y.,- - · .MI I S.* . i--,-U..1 5ks. =2 '-*to. -r. 9 4::*'. ,-** * 646*4...... /-- . . . ..,1.fir -C-.....* I -I...... '."' ..-8.biR*mal."/.R Il; .. .i - . - -·...... i'.,S*. . ... trri --..,.. . , --&--/=/lilli.*-1 .----LI ..»:tS . ..·:. -7&/,-r ////B/ -- 46.: -le .. 13"#.:. -r ...:.'".:/il' -- -0 Mllill:'ll# t-4 A ES '-1/."-3.C ..t .=« =A ti .4 . -I...... Widdlf"*1 J 4-I.-4.t-,7.-; Tinkers Creek Tavern owner Kathie Price will guarantee you good, reasonably priced food and service with a smile. Also pictured is one of the best patio experiences in Greater Cleveland. 29 Aer r, t* 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, Walton Hills, OH, 44146 - Restaurant Property on LoopNetc... Page 1 of 4 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, Wilton Hills, OH. 44146 - Available for Sale LoopNet Retail For Sale .... This listing is currently for sale. To see other active properties for sale, begin a new search. Retail For Sale Halltolm Hill* (01:11 ag. Los Angeles, CA or 91016 Sea_[Ch Advanced Search Browse More Listings in Retall_EoLS@le, Wallon_81.Ms,_Q_18_ or Ohio Retail Property For Sale - In Contract. , TINKERS CREEK TAVERN 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, Walton Hills, OH 44146 % b. 3 - 41 ... Lud S.fi)/ la*» - 81 0-1. Alt* - WJ· 14£1#91·161(j. C'.30„ - + A-- .A O., 0 *-t jl'.'L y- Main Photo /V- 11#i,; Rglli* 111#3 BE fam Ruda,!talt:3iagoRM Z.·CED MPI 55;T -11 • Mnime 77,11&115 0121* Riaa<, mrMttmE INI//8;. 01* 41,6.E,e IMI . • $100,000 Building Size: • 3,722 SF Rite;SE: I *261.BER # Ral#,11* lr,M= Retail 0 0 4 100,00· Property Sub-type: Restaurant AddiUMeill S 6-101;12$: »»1 d=„«."."' Free 989#Ing 81164 • -Ill Property Use Type: • Business For Sale Dist sed: < 074 ARErtljom: lies Commission Split: '1 1% :, ...r,....'1"..,*)/ No. Stories: A .3 1963 , Ot# h"A.'6" 1453,6/,1 1 11908 Lot-ra,iltSize: - 3 75- a.zA,i , 3.75 AC M A.»t • Find Out More... ./ La#Ve,med 3/10/2011 UmngID 17006370 * . ,; / 1 4 tA'I»i Jl, Highlights r Sq '·'- 4 \ k. 6 0 00-4,4 • REAL ESTATE AUCTION - MARCH 9th - ON-SITE • BIDDING TO COMMENCE AT $100,000 • AWARD WINNING 108 yr. OLD RESTAURANT r»»1 • GRE*r (3FFROEJULATY TO CAMWAI!10) OPERATE A TAVERAMREST#VRAN:1; • 11.Ij[ UKOR ILKENSE BlIjOLWED;ED Description http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/17006370/14000-Tinkers-Creek-Road-Walton-Hills-OW 3/16/2011 -...- Sebastian's Tavern: Tinker's Creek Road on the south side, at the Walton border. Hills/Valley View Sebastion Parisiliti, 14000 Tinkers Creek 524-5390 9-23-1926 owned by Charles Benada 12-1961 owned by Helen Spirek 5-28-1965 owned by Sam a S. Parasiliti Tink's Tavern was formerly called Charlie's. It was a local place for people to congregate, to meet other horse riders and drink and chat. There had been a cabin log behind the tavern, to the west and close to the creek. It does not date farback: it was here in 1919, though, andthe remains of it are now torndown. A man by the name ofMervar owned the cabin. At one time a blacksmith lived in Tink's Tavern. Tinker's Creek Tavern Charlie's, then Tinki's Tavern, Tinker's Creek Tavern, Sebastian's Creek Road, Taveng 14000 Tinker's just inside the township border, has been in operation since the mid 1920's. Ownership has changed hands a few times. This was a place where the local men met. Tink's Tavem the tavern was in Valley View, down the his tavern in 1964. Originglly Sebastion said he bought a road piece. to Tink's Tavern years ago. Academy was next found on his property Silver Spur Riding the tavern -- many arrowheads The Indians made arrowheads on and near - Property on LoopNetc... Page 2 of 4 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, Walton Hills, OH, 44146 Restaurant - Real Estate Auction March 9th, 2011 at 1:30 P.M. On-Site BIDDING COMMENCES AT: $100,000 old restaurant has been fully restored, is currently Step right into this turn key business opportunity. This multi-award winning 108 yr. operating & seats opportunity of a lifetime to own an operate a wonderful landmark 74 Inside & 54 outside with parking for over 60 cars. Truly an tavern/restaurant. All kitchen equipment, furniture, Inventory &7 day liquor license w/carry-out is induded. desirable in the Greater Cleveland Area with Its 600+ ft. of This creekside tavern/restaurant' s patio was voted one of the top 4 most frontage along the creek that makes for a fabulous setting. ON-SITE INSPECTIONS: Thursdays, Feb. 17, 24 a Mar. 3 from 1 - 3:00 PM TO LEAVE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS SO MORE INFORMATION PLEASE WHEN RESPONDING FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE BE SURE CAN BE SENT TO YOU VIA US MAIL. THANK YOU. Map of 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, Walton Hills, OH 44146 (Cuyahoga County) title_Ma 9-2311- 1016 -/9 26 1 o.u,#1496-+11 17 2**Je,8AL,6. ·St,(d,L 5.25 - /'Gr -A.4 i :1:1 11 ALONG TINKERS CREEK ROAD TINKERS CREEK TAVERN by Jean and Bob Kainsinger Book- "Tinkers Creek Tavem, located at 14000 Tinkers Creek Road, just inside the Walton Hills border, has been in operation since the mid 1920s (1902). It has changed hands a few times and has had a series of names. Today its patrons call it Sebastian's Tavem, but before that, it was called Tinki's Tavem, and earlier, Charlie's. The well-wom lob cabin at the rearof the properly datm back to the 19203.- - 241 wdi* w, 4 ./U-*6 4 6* /7 90,4 1/that w e-s 1,"•)19 *i'-0, lu« CXU .. A place where local people, including the Walton Hills Rangers, met to eat and drink 0 - x.. <.ill'.1Ji/l. A Mike Cahill 419-656-2484 909 Kendal Drive, Broadview Hts, 44147 59:13-1%81> 1,-40' 1 .1../.i//A## fo»*11;hg /,/MjbdfeL 1"•.•9 Mike Cahill purchased the property and is renovating it 11-2006 .-7,-.-- - -- li a.r 07,-e -ZZ-,146 N f.;i::YZILS.. " Mike's backer pulled out of the project, now Cahill plans to redo the place in a more simple, less expensive scope. Approximate site of Elijah Noble's cabin, built in 1813. 9-23-1926 owned by Charles Benada 12-1961 owned by Helen Spirek 5-28-1965 owned by Sam (Sebastian) and S. Parasiliti Mike Cahill interview of 7-24-2007 1902 Mike says he researched and found the lavern dates back to 1902. Mike is a waterfront restorer. He finds interesting waterfront locations, he renovates / restores the properties to marketable value and then he finds a buyer for the property. He is also a Realtor. He is not a restaurateur. Chefs and buyers are contacting him. He has not actively advertised the property yet. There are people who follow Mike's projects and seek him out for investments. One of his projects, Pleasant Point in Marblehead (on Lake Erie, east of the Marblehead lighthouse) which is a 12 unit condominium compleK won him 34 place for Architectural quality,a national award in 2002. (Fam,ly Fun magazine, the calegory was waterfront developments less than 2 dozen units) Mike Cahill has for Tinkers Creek Tavem a FULL LIQUOR PERMIT + CARRY OUT He has every permit needed The restaurant: a lovely room with large windows, overlooking Tinkers Creek The patio: a lovely setting overlooking Tinkers Creek The bar: a with lovely room large windows overlooking Tinkers Creek, and a door leading to the patio 2 bathrooms Kitchen The cement block building is a storage area The bar is built in the style of bars in the Midwest in 1902: It is 10 feet high It is mostly constructed of old oak wood he found on the property Made of solid oak Mike hand-built the bar using old wood from the original Tinkers Creek building. --- GIEIFFi N '- ...le »„ *6-X'\ '4 '*'t€1 He built the bar on site. 5./.- lb AJ.21/4* SlZfiskAb,Sirrilifi Oi Fully restored to a glory the place has never seen. It was "formerly famous for nothing, til now." THE BUILDING The entire building is reframed, resupported and restored. Mike put in a lot of windows along the side that faces Tinkers Creek. The interior of the place has a lot of oak molding, woodwork, and of course the solid oak bar. It has city water and is hooked up to the sewers system. The original foundation still stands. The basement is hand·chipped sandstone. The building had 5 layers of siding on it, including concrete boards, 10' x 16," The 1St layer was the original siding made with hand-cut slabs and put together with hand made nails The 2nd layer was the concrete board The concrete board was painted different colors through the years when it graced the exterion first it was white, other years it was green, orange, taupe, and bright yellow The 3rd layer wasplywood The 4m layer was plywood The 56' layer was a mixture of siding and plywood covered with vinyl siding Not all parts of the complex had 5 layers, the construction was not done unifomily, some "back' areas had 4 and 3 layers of siding. The building is once again framed in the original wood siding used when it was constructed in 1902. Mike took off old paint, stripped the wood and put it back on. Some slab of the siding was so damaged, he had to I replace pieces. Up close you can see the new boards, but it is mostly old siding that is time-worn, sanded and reused. The old siding is wobbly from years of use, It was locally milled siding, including 1" thick x 25" wide planks. In 1902 there was no plywood. The building was put together with hand cut nails. The building had 5 layers of siding on it. He removed a115 layers. There were 3" of roofing on the building. The old roof material is removed and replaced with a new roof. Tate - Mighton - Groh - Speith Families I ' 1,90 Aties 6 NAA,-te 0 4 65;L,rle t\,1 Ate A +O ge.r G rd k fro 'Pi 1960 Atlas G earle 14, 11 hte M « 5 rd h k O Osf 1 2 7& /1 f l a s I t i t s i 9 25 Frof €· rry 0 4 Dr. Fr k a A J Mae e kvital 'Recse- fehclit- not the ort-yLAa,1 house c ii tli:s la-91& '.4 ,» 1% . . 1 4/3 '4 # a./. r./ 4 ..... 7 1 f - 6.:ah2. i Z 1... . 1 11, s. . .1 :-R.:.' a,7=4 1 n 4* 1 01 \. I - 2 -- -- 1 A GROH HOUSE, TINKERS CREEK RD. 1956-7 -t A fA ' · 4<:i " ;; ., 9 .. 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In the 1920s Will Groh owned the farm. For cash he sold lumber from trees he cut down. - 1860 Cuyahoga County Atlas George Mighton 1876 Cuyahoga County Atlas - lists house as owned by Groh 1890 Cuyahoga County Atlas - to Mary Groh from estate of George Mighton 1925 Cuyahoga County Atlas - Property of Dr. Frank and Mae Chvatel interview w/Cub 9-1979 Jesensky Carey 8-1910 Haniet Groh was the heir to George Mighton's property. John Groh married John Mighton's sister. Their cabin was on the Mighton properly on Tinkers Creek Road. They had a long winding uphill driveway that led to the house. There were 2 bams at the base of the hillside, below the house. The house had already burned down by 1979, but Jesensky saw traces of the bams. 1956-1957 Photo: The Groh House on Tinkers Creek Road This is not the original house on the land Groh-Mighton Property Harriet Groh was the heir to George Mighton's property. 8-1910 J. Jesensky interviewed Cub Carey 9-1979: &&John Groh married John Mighton's sister. Their cabin was on Mighton property along Tinkers Creek Road. There was a long winding uphill driveway that led to the house. There were 2 barns at the base oflhe hillside, below the Mighton house. Bothbarns burned down. Jesensky saw traces ofthem inthe 1970s. 1890-1915 plat book on 8-1910 Lot 61 Harriet Groh got the George Mighton property as his heir Lot 61 and Lot 71 Tinker's Creek/Dunham Road Area: shows several houses, like a community, Little Egypt Groh married John sister. Their Jesensky interview with Cub Carey 9-1979: John Mighton's atthe base ofthe hillside below cabin was Mighton, along Tinker's Creek. There were 2 barns the Mighton home. They both burned down. Jesensky saw traces ofthem in 1970's. MIGHTON to GROH to CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK LAND The last owners ofthis historic private property were the Grohs, descendants and heirs of the Mightons. Two of their scenic old barns stood at the base of the hillside, but neither is there today, nor is the Groh house. In 1981 this land became part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Interview with Hubert Renau, 12-9-2002 Hubert and Helga Renau live at 7067 Kral Drive, 440-786-1650 Hubert came to "Walton Hills" from Franfurt/Main, Germany. He lived with his sister and her husband which rented the house on linkers Creek Road from the Groh family of Bedford. The house was located fairly close to the interseaion of Dunham Road, across from the Tinkers Creek Tavern (owned by Charly Bender and his wife),and Astorhurst Restaurant and Picnic Grounds opposite Tinkers Creek. The Groh house sat up on the hill, quite a distance from Tinkers Creek Road, not easy to see from the road. The driveway curved up the slope, evergreens and other trees blocked the view in the summertime. The Groh property was sold to the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area in the 1970's. The Park tore down the house. Walton Hills Maintenance property was also part of the 160 acres belonging to the Groh family. Hubert's sister and her husband "sponsored" his arrival into the U.S. Ten months later he was drafted in to the U.S. Army. Hubert's wife, Helga, also came to this country from Germany. They didn't know one another when Hubert first came to this country. They met some years after the war was over and moved back to Walton Hills in 1996. See attached photos of the Groh house taken in 1956/57. .. Ralph U Pete" Peterman Family ... 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In 1837 Ruth Tate married William Windross, in Bedford Ohio When the Tate family women married, they acquired the following names: Black, Mighton, Groh, Culver- all local names In Valley View and Walton Hills .k.:9 Land alona Tinkers Road JAe al#,r'.11 1860 Cuyahoga County Allas - George MIghtonr'- »Ple.ZES,2 6 1876 Cuyahoga County Atlas - lists house as owned by Groh 1890 Cuyahoga County Atlas -to Mary Groh from estate of George Mighton 8-1910 Harriet Groh was the heir to George Mighton's property. John Groh married John Mighton's sister. Their cabin was on the Mighton property on Tinkers Creek Road. 1925 Cuvahoga County Atlas - Property of Dr. Frank and Mae Chvatel n.7>L 0,"1€ Mi LU=„ ».0 61.• ' 'a 6,1•,••,1 ee*.,+1.-el " The last private owners were the Grohs. A long winding uphill driveway led up the hill to the house. i In the 1920s Will Groh owned the farm. For cash he sold lumber from trees he cut down. Until the late 197Os, early 198Os, 2 of the scenic old bams stood at the base of the hillside, by Tinkers Creek Road In 1981 this land became part of the CVNP Helen Pratt, a descendant of Robert Tate - 5324 Cato Street, Maple Heights, 216-587-0381 Helen traced her family tree back to Robert Tate. 1956·1957 Photo: The Groh House on Tinkers Creek Road This is not the original house on the land When he was a teenager, Hubert Renau left Frankfurt Germany to live in the US with his sister and her husband in the house they rented, on the north side of Tinkers Creek Road, near Dunham Road. His sister sponsored him. His sister and her husband rented the house from the Grohs, who had moved into Bedford. ' 10 months later, Hubert was drafted< in the US Army. 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In the late 188Os, Mars Wager, who had already owned sandstone quarries in the southwest sections of Greater Cleveland, bought parcels of land here, for a quarry operation. Wager purchased over 200 acres of back-acreage land along the east side of Dunham Road for its marketable Berea sandstone. This local Wager Quarry was in operation in the late 1880s until 1904. An oxen lane led from the quarry to Dunham Road. Blocks of sandstone were carted to Dunham Road, down Dunham Road Hill to Tinkers Creek Road, and west on Tinkers Creek Road to the Canal, where the sandstone blocks were put on flat boats and shipped to Cleveland. Sandstone was guarded at the site until the New York Central Railroad stopped the quarry operation. Sometime around 1904, when NYC workers began working on the track in Little Egypt, the railroad stopped quarry workers from trespassing through their right-of-way to get to Dunham Road. The railroad track paralleled the east side of Dunham Road, cutting off the quarry from its access to Dunham Road. The Wagers eventually sold this back acreage to the Cleveland Metroparks. Today, a visitor can see remnants of the quarry by following a path on the west side of Overlook Lane. Wager Quarry 1994 Photo „ 1 9 - 1 lit ,Aj-N ". .,1 , 19 .1 L' 14 29:./. .... : 01'e 1-,, ., k..I St . I ...... ' I.-' ,. 4 t , I 46 63 190. : : . .-' 4 , 1 tki , , .... -. B 1 JA *. I ...L .., .r- i 1.- : J..<. .- ". .3. *. 4'..C CUS.'%"*J C , -„ ..4 - W< + . .*-1,4/ .. .. - .4-1 , - ader CRuaxf« 1994 PAO*6 -34- A//4 44* ct 'A 4,1 QT941214 rZ*o s inte 12/14/94 - Joe Jesensky, Birdie Smith and Jacl Mars Wagar in Bedford Reservation »5 Quarry W#fer Area Map: gvdfol ' 1 p!9/a,=J= 7 m 1 '06 11,0 - 1 , 111 a r e r-/V .4 ® \ 1 6ll 0 .r rx=/- .32-- - ,\ 4 :. . , r .6 -- Al, 1 1--- - 1 21. 1 I. *.' NY) :' 1' 1 i 11 33 1 7 0 \ 1. 1: i %X \1 -ti'ZE . 0 \ M O ,1 I fl. P:,$4. . Y'T:'. *.4 . 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Henry Jr. has a collection of Arrowheads of several sizes: bird points and large sized arrowheads he found.. r * I. -Ji . 1- NOTES ON THE WAGER QUARRY JOE JESENSKY DECEMBER„ 1994 Much of the latest information on this site has been obtained from Jean Kainsinger s book, t'History of Walton Hills," there is none at the Bedford Historical Society. Our own early group back in the days of our hiking and sketching in the early days of the 1920's saw the spot from a distance back in 1927 or '2 8 while h i k i n g i n the Tanglewood Forest area. This part of the Bedford Reservation had just been added to the original park and the new boundary had just been surveyed and marked with metal iron stakes painted white and red and set in a concrete base. We made a game of seeking out these stakes (unalded by any map· or other :guide) and this led us through our first introduction to the Tanglewood Forest area. In places traces of an old barbed-wire fence Indicated the approximate locati.on of the old Quarry area, but sl,nce it was private land yet at that time, we did not venture to explore it and consequent'ly did not see the actual.quarry and its prominent size, etc. My first sight of it did not happen until recently in December of 1994. From Jean Kainsinger's book I learned the following: At the turn of the century or .shortl'y before, Mars Wager purchased some 200 acres of land from Mary Black, the owner. He started the stone quarry operations at that time which became a much-used source for sandstone by local area people as well as builders in Cleveland, etc. When, in about 1910, the new railroad line was built, the N.Y. Central Freight Line, it cut off the i main entrance to the quarry which was reached by nearby Egypt Road ( now Dunham Road.) In 1911 Wager ceased operating the quarry and not too many years later, sold his land to the Cleveland Metropolitan Park Distrlct, all but the side west of the railroad tracks which became a local resident's site as well as a popular Riding Academy (The Black Beauty Academy.) It spotted a large dance floor with a large fireplace and adjoining kitchen for lease by party makers and other groups. Later tt became just a private residence. A recent examination of a 1938 aerial photograph of this area shows the faint traces of a series of old lanes or wagon roads leadlng to the quarry from the east. They crossed the 01·d farm fields in a random fashion - probably then the easiest way to reach it, instead of where the railroad track blocked the original entrance. Few hlkers tn the park were ever aware of its existence as then there were no trai ls· to 1 t except animal paths and perhaps the 1 one hlker. Today (1994) there ts a well-built path leading to the quarry from the southern entrance to the park, near Egbert Road - where a small parking place is built on the Overl ook Parkway. A ·part of this trall ls the blue-daubed Buckeye Trail which runs through the main bulk of the Tanglewood Forest, past the Wager Quarry and to the better-known quarry, The Cleaveland Quarry near the scenic over'look platform. It too, once was an important quarry, but not as large as the Wager Quarry. The much sought for Berea Sandstone underlay most of the land borderlng the Tinkers Creek Valley in the park and there are a number of small quarry spots throughout the area. Some only a mere dig In the hillside, others showing quite a deep cut. All these, and the larger quarries as well as those in the' Independence area further west, eventually ceased operations after the much larger quarrles at Berea came into use. Today these smaller quarrles now serve as Just another one of the Various other signs within the park of its past usages. -1- *' -1.- Of the owner of this largest Tinkers Creek area quarry Mars Wager, there is not much known of his history - except for a brl.ef mention in the thick book, "The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History" - on page 611 his name, along with several others ts mentioned in connection wlth the early development of Lakewood ln the west side Cleveland area - and one of the city streets is named after Mars Wager. There is also some response to the fact that the old hermit (Chris Foss) who lived in the park at the time of our rambles there, and we became acqual.nted with him; he was supposed to be occupying the cabin built by a member of the Wager family. This has not been verified, as the cabin appeared to be on land adjolning the Wager property and owned by a Gleeson. The cabin, a full-sized one-room Scout cabin, well-built, was torn down by Metropark crews after the old hermlt died. A picnic area was made of most of this former site and is now known as the Hermit Hollow Picnic Grounds. Besides its importance as a stone quarry, the Wager site must have at one tlme also been of importance to the early Indians of our area for when the late William Nimberger made his architectural notes of the Tlnkers Creek area, he mentioned finding strong signs of the site as having been used as a large campslte by the Indians. Some working tools; flint artifacts and broken bits of ceramics, such as used by them. Topographically, the site is ideal for such a use. A large spring must have issued out of the head of the small ravlne which became the heart of the stone quarry operations, a flow of water still can be seen today. Its position at the brow of a low terrain from which the distant blue hills of the Cuyahoga Valley can be seen, the principal route for the Indians for centuries. Not too far off to the north of the quarry site, in the Tinkers Creek Valley just opposite the old Hermit's cabin site, looms a high, easy ridge where at its terminal end, the early land owner, Gleeson, uncovered traces of an early Indian Hilltop Fort Site - back in the late 1800+s. And even closer-by - along old Egypt Road, where it drops down into the Tlnkers Creek Valley - there ls a large mound called "'Egypt Mound" long believed to have been used by the early Indians as a burial grounds. So far, only the traces of several early sett lers' graves have been reported there, and several past efforts to find other burials have been in valn. Probably so, because of the fact that when the New York Central Railroad was be*ilg built nearby, they must have chopped off one end of th is mound (wh 1ch gives it a sort of "flat iron" shape) which may have contained other burtals. Today the old Wager Quarry traces are now nearly overgrown by nature once again.; only the deepest cut walls remain visible, and some small plles of rough-quarried stones on the top of a hill - and the lesser hillsides of trails, etc. The area looks a bit like one of those lost and hidden Mayan Sites in the jungles of Central America - at least, atmosphere-wise. It is now one of the numerous other historic landmarks in the Bedford Metropark of today. (signed) J D Jesensky 1994 -213 2-0 1 s H*,ck *5 /:9+5»te·da 446--609-4690 " 2/6 -101 - 99 2 9 (4+'A-,4.Yful.*uy,$) 0.0 15 )71*' ,|L't · Ud,2 Araa. C* :Lo r 4 ' dIP D.+J-* a t£/ WAGER QUARRY Mars Wagrer 10-1898 n B east of railroad right ofway (Tinkers Creek Road south east ofEgypt Road Mars Wager to Metropark Parcel 11-10-25 59 + acres 1902 County map Mars Wager 81 acres in square 62 -to 131.96 acres in square 72 north to Tinker's Creek, south to school house which was at Egbert Road railroad went right through his property (interview 10-7-1985 with Henry Jr. and his wife Joyce) Henrv. Sr and Eleanor Dziczkowski 232-4695 They had 7 children: Henry Jr. and 6 other children Henry and Eleanor -ziczkowski Birchased 4 acres from Hesoun in about 1926 then Henry bought rA re·aeres*bout 35) from Mars Wager in about 1935 Henry D. bought 6 horses and the name Black Beauty from Mr. Clark who lived south of Alexander Rd. on west side. (Grants live there now) Mr. Clark owned a livery or a horse rental riding academy, called Black Beauty at his Dunham Rd property. Clark sold the name and the 6 horses to Henry. Henry Sr. who owned Black Beauty did not have a home here: he lived in Cleveland. He owned a funeral parlor at Harvard and E. 71 st St. Dziczkowski Funeral Home in about 1925 Henry Sr. also bought about 4 acres across the street from Black Beauty from old Joe Hesoun. Now it is sold. The house is burned down. Black Beauty used Metropark trails. They weren't established bridle paths as they are now. At tat time there were about 16 miles ofbridle trails. Then Henry opened Black Beauty Riding Academv 20-25 horses: standard bred, some pintos and a few thorobreds; a 25 stall barn The barn burned down in about 1942. 13 horses were lost and 6 were saved Henry rebuilt a new barn farther back He also built a dance hall, really a pavilion, closer to road than barn. It had a fireplace and kitchen facilities for hay rides, church groups, youth groups (mention Walton Hills Council met there in 1951: see notes) Henry sold Black Beauty twice; he was getting old, it was getting too much for him property sold to Slodov, an orthodontist in Garfield Hts. Now the National Gov. is in the process ofpurchasing Black Beauty as part ofthe CVNRA Henry Jr. has his 4 acres: he inherited them from his dad Henry Jr. built their house at 7135 Dunham. He and his wife Jovce moved in in 1963, with their 5 kids Jenry, Jr. has no horses now. His daughter had one for a f6w years. The house next door to Jenry Jr.: one ofthe Carey grandsons owned the house and moved it there the at Black The first council meeting of the newly elected officials of the Village of Walton Hills was held in pavilion Beauty Riding Academy on Tuesday June 5,1951. Henry, Sr. sold Black Beauty twice, he was getting old, and it was getting to be too much for him. He sold to Slodov, an orthodontist in Garfield Hts., and then to the CVNRA. 2015 Hank Dziczkowski 440. 804.4040 2015 Mark and Gretchen Dziczkowski 216.901.9929 (They bought the Fuhrmeyer property in 2014) Mark "1 grew up in Walton Hills, and it feels good to be back in my home town. Gretchen and I joined the Walton Hills Lake when we moved here last year, and we are looking forward to spending fun times at the lake this year." In his youth, Mark was on the Walton Hills Swim Team. Mark recalls his Swim Coach, Gordon Parnell, who was also a teacher at Bedford High School. "9 am sharp, Mr. Parnell blew his whistle and we all were expected to promptly dive into the water. We had 2 practice sessions a day, the one starting at nine, and one in the afternoon. Back then, 1 had to ride my bike to and from the Lake - 4 bike rides each summer day from my home on Dunham Road (across the street from the Astorhurst Golf Driving Range to the Lake, off Rotary Drive) and 2 daily Swim Team sessions. I don't remember complaining... I must have been in pretty good shape!" Mark is a crafted carpenter: His business: Cuyahoga Valley Hardwoods. He does custom wood-working and contracting. 1-12-2015 Hank, who is 88 years old, is delighted and grateful that his son and his son's wife, Mark and Gretchen, and their 2 boys, Eric who was bom in 1990, and Ethan, who was bom in 1994, moved into the house next door to him. About 5 years ago, when Roger Fuhrrneyer remarked to Hank that he was thinking about selling his property, Hank told Mark, and Mark talked to Rogerabout purchasing the property. Mark convinced Roger to sell to him, they made a deal, and Mark and Gretchen waited until Roger was ready to move. Hank, Jr. says, "This is the Lordes doing. It is marvelous iin our eyes: Mars Wager, who came from a prominent Cleveland family and lived on Cleveland's west side, purchased over 200 acres of land facing Dunham Road for its marketable Berea sandstone. The Wager Quarry, which was along the back acreage of the property, was in operation in the late 1800s until the early 1900s. An oxen lane led from the quarly to Dunham Road. Sandstone was quarried until the NYC laid tracks for its freight line along Dunham Road between 1905 and 1910. The NYC Railroad had purchased a right of way for a new line. When the NYC Railroad laid tracks for its freight line sometime, the tracks intersected the quarry and its access to Dunham Road. The NYC tracks ran down the right of way. The tracks cut off the quarry from its access to Dunham Road. The Dunham Road quarry ceased opeiations soon after the railroad line began operating in 1911. The Wager family eventually sold the back acreage, including the quarry, to the Metroparks. The Wager family eventually sold the back acreage to the Metroparks. Today a visitor can see remnants of the quarry by following a path on the west side of Overlook Lane. Wager owned and operated quarries mainly in Cleveland's western suburbs. In the late 180Os, Wager purchased over 200 acres of land along the east side of Dunham Road for his Berea Sandstone Quarry in our area. In the 193Os, 194(Is and 195(Is, this was a favored area for horseback riders. The popular Black Beauty Riding Academy was first on the west side of Dunham Road, 1hen on the east side of Dunham Road, approximately at 7125 Dunham Road. The livery usually had from 20 to 25 horses that were mostly standard bred, along with some pintos and a few thoroughbred horses. Black Beauty used about 16 miles of Bedford Metropolitan bridle paths, including the oxen lanes created by the Wager Quarry. Black Beauty's business suffered when the main horse bam burned down in 1942 and 13 of their horses perished in the fire. In 1944 and 1945, Henry and Eleanor Dziczkowski purchased about 40 acres of land along Dunham Road from the Mars Wager family. Henry, Sr. and Eleanor Dziczkowski had 7 children; Henry Jr. and 6 other children. At first, in about 1926, Henry and Eleanor bought 4 acres from Joe Hesoun, across the street from their current property. Then, in 1935, Henry and Eleanor bought about 35 more acres from Mars Wager. At the time, the Henry Sr. family lived in Cleveland and came here on weekends, etc. The Dziczkowskis owned the Dziczkowski Funeral Home which was at Harvard and East 71St Street. The family liked horses, and wanted a diversion from living in the city and operating their funeral parlor. - Black Beauty Riding Academy Dziczkowski Family - - - W H Owl. 3-2003 The Dziczkowski Family and Memories of "Black Beauty Riding Academy" (p. 1 of 2) The Hank Dziczkowski Family of 7135 Dunham Road celebrated their 50th year as residents of Walton Hills in February of this year. While Henry (Hank) and Joyce Dziczkowski lived off Miles Avenue in Cleveland, Hank got the idea of building a house for his family on their 4-acre lot on Dunham Road, using hand-hewn utility poles (telephone and electric poles, as most of us call them.) He started to read the histories of American settlers and learned their techniques for building log cabins. Then he fashioned a tool like those used by the early settlers for splitting logs. For 2 years, from 1960 to 1962, the Dziczkowskis looked for poles. "Every time we saw a crew replacing a pole we'd stop and ask them for the old one," stated Joyce Dziczkowski, when she was interviewed for a feature article that appeared in The C/eve/and Press in April of 1969. Hank spent those two years converting the round poles into square beams. After stock piling about 125 squared beams of various dimensions and stacking siding pieces that he cut to size, he received a building permit from the building inspector of the time. Hank began construction of his Walton Hills house in April of 1962. With help from relatives and friends, it only took the Dziczkowskis 10 months to build their house. In The Cleveland Press article Joyce is quoted as saying, "In spite of all the hard work, it is a good feeling to look around and know that we did all this ourselves." On a snowy day in February of 1963, Hank and Joyce Dziczkowski moved into their new home with their four daughters, Carol, Lori, Sue and Denise. Mark, their fifth and last child was born the following September. Their distinctive log-cabin style home has outside walls that are 10 to 12 inches thick. Reinforced 30-foot beams crossing the ceilings provide support and eliminate the need for interior bearing walls. Shingles for the home's exterior were made by splitting the stumps of the poles into pieces. The stone fireplace wall in the living room was built of rocks that the children carried from the creek behind the house. The back of the wall, made of reclaimed brick, creates a foyer. -""..."- e'.S .i.,3.4' . I . // 34Th - I ..7 . \k 'It-·+ .,Xt*'=2:, '41-46& . ' * 5 /-- --*C %Ae ,#'- , „»fit :149 .'.. ':. -748.-' 4* I - =* ·. - -, -38- W 12 Owl- 3 - 3.0 (3 The Dziczkowski Family and Memories of "Black Beauty Riding Academy" (p. 2 of 2) And yes, the fireplace mantle was fashioned from a utility pole. Large windows ilet in lots of light, making the house bright and comfortable. The kitchen, fving room and dining rooms are large and open, appearing as one great room - a style that is fashionable today. Residents living north of Alexander Road may remember their mailman, Hank. Dziczkowski transferred from the Brecksville Post Office in 1970 to work at the Bedford facility. He delivered mail to his fellow Walton, Hills residents for the next 14 years. He retired in August of li984. Hank's Parents and Black Beauty Riding Academy. Located on Dunham Road Going back in time to the 1920s . . . Hank's parents, Henry, Sr. and Eleanor Dziczkowski and their 7 children lived in Cleveland. Henry Sr. owned the Dziczkowski Funeral Home at Harvardi and East 71St Street. Henry, Sr. knew he needed to live close to his business, but he wanted to find a get-away weekend place for his family, one that was close to the city but In a country atmosphere where his children could ride Ihorses. Henry, Sr. purchased 4 acres of land on the east side of Dunham Road fiom the Hesoun family in about 1926. Then in about 1935, he bought 35 acres of land ftom the Mars Wager estate. This new acreage, at the back of Henry's property, had been part of the abandoned Wager Quarry. Henry, Sr. then purchased 6 horses and the naming rights to "Black Beauty" from Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark, who was getting on in years, was looking for a buyer for his livery and horse rental business called "Black Beauty Riding Academy." Mr. Clark's "Black Beauty" had also been located on Dunham Road, but it was located on the west side of the road and south of Alexander Road. Within a couple years Henry, Sr., Eleanor and their children opened their new'Black Beauty Riding Academy to the public. liheir horseback facility was about a mile north of Mr. Clark's, approximately at 7125 Dunham Road, across the street from today's Astorhurst Driving Range. Through the years, Black Beauty had between 20 and 25 horses waiting for riders, some were standard bred,'some pintos, and there were a few thoroughbreds. A 25-stall bam housed the horses. Black Beauty used about 16 miles of Bedford Reservation bridle paths, including the oxen lanes created'by the Wager Quarry. People from Cleveland and nearby suburbs came to Black Beauty to learn to horsebackride, or rent a horse andgo r horseback riding through the park. Some people boarded their horses at Black Beauty. On Black Beauty grounds there was a pavilion with kitchen facilities, dance floor, and fireplace available for organized hay rides, church groups and youth gnoups. Black Beauty's business suffered when the main horse bam burned down in 1942 and' 13 of the horses perished in the fire. In the 1950s the family sold Black Beauty. Except for the 4 acres that are owned by Hank and Joyce Dziczkowski, Black'Beauty acreage is now par.t of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. -39- BLACK BRAUTy R'.0'MS MCA OEK· r.' 0. - 3 \. 7, -40- i...i. .f - -, *.1- tz; 2,\ 4 1/561-/. 22»h . '.. i. 7.8= lk. £ls .- r - A. '.1 L ' .\, 2/ ..--1.-. -12,-¥ -. 4 2 .... 4 -- e, .er At„9==-.. f.Vip/ 1 #1 4 1.1 11 2 4 1 11 »Y r'„Li .LIlI - 4 - 1 - I - * '.- HOUSE MADE of Hand-Hewn Telephone and Electric Poles Name: Hank and Joyce Dziczkowski House Address: 7135 Dunham Road - Date Built: April 1962 February 1963 For 2 years the Dziczkowskis searched for and stockpiled 125 utility poles. During that time Hank converted the round poles into square beams. Hank began construction of his house in April of 1962. With help from relatives and friends, the Dziczkowskis built their house in 10 months. Reinforced 30-foot beams crossing the ceilings provide support and eliminate the need for interior bearing walls. Shingles for the home's exterior were made by splitting stumps of the poles into pieces. Date of Photo: 2013 2012: Property of Hank and Joyce Dziczkowski Still Standing: Yes 70.7;.4 -3- /195•_7 - TI I. A- 11=-5:.. v ' It /1 1':4*.t i | - 'Iwit« rl ..11.. &. 214iI 7. 4-L,44*- , 4 + I.1-1.8- ... 1 Al 1 -14. t- I . '1' 1:.1" 41' -Formerly a city dweller, . r., + :inds country life "refresh- S f building a house "reward- ome has paneled walls and 4 beams hewn t+ long ceiling b.. Window wall in the dining : # ·ooded ravine. * i. I.- . 1 k.0 6' .<'4 -3 =r . h E . 3 t. f 7 j.2£ fi , 1 1 =1*4 * -. 11 - 7 15 .4 / 1 + 1 1 i,":-4/ .9 , t,e '7 .Fi e9* 8 r m 5 5 K K F " 4 4 a 1 ft. 33 8 0 :5.1 .•, £:11 J. *'im 9.3 (D S. Dt 31 -tiliest-k =- && 3-En 9 2 2 8. 8: 3. 2 a ... d 3** .4 :/ir. ' . , i :.iEW*Flier many years ago when a utility are seven inches thick). The reinforced 306foot f.'Wo got the idea support and'. pole:ip'front! of'our. house was struck by lightning. beams crossing the ceilings provide eliminate the need for interior bearing walls.-("We . When the' grew came'to haul it away we asked could move any of the partitions in the house," them for it, and my husband built a fence," says Mrs. Dziczkowski.) .=Ill--i-*- Mrs.'Dd.czkowski.'"It w,orked so well, we decided says -- ·,, p 4 might be·a.good:way to.bulld a house." The stone fireplace wall in the living room wa#. h So six year,s ago they built a house. Aftual con- built of rocks that the children carried from the the 'done entirely by the Dzlczkowskis, their creek behind house. The back. of the. wall, -5 struction, made of recilaimed brick, helps to create a foyen friends and rellitives, took only ten months. ·But course, ffqm -» Fireplace mantle was fashioned, of . 'the preparation.taok niuchlonger. a utility pole: , .-, 0-- "'I don't know how long we spent looking for t » - What inspires a his family to le,ove. crew pole mailman and ·poles. Every time we saw a replacing a A sense we'd stop and ask them for the old one. I'm sure the city to become latter·day pioneers? crazy," Dzicz- of adventure is certainly part of it. But there was , they thought,iwd were laughs Mrs. 6 kowski. more. - ,- IDZICZKOWSKI SPENT TWO YEARS convert- "We wanted a new home, but with five childr , *ing the rouiid poles intosquare beams. He started we could never buy a new house at today's prices;" by reading histories 'of American settlers and says Mrs. Dziczkowski. "Besides, ·in spite of. all the .tbeir techniques for building log cabins. Then he hard work, it's a good feeling to look around and fashioned» p tppl liks those used by the early know that we did all this ourselves." - - - --frsza I 2OTH C E N T U R Y & i Q . CABIN-Utility ILI .fifilf-/_M- poles, 'A l. ------f' 14:·., . --tr & 6. A collected for several 7 f :45:* 1-421704...N ---5 years and hand-hewn 1 1 14 -ELLLER'Fr- -_i -,6-, by. Hank Dzickowski, 1: , - \ - 9#W ' 1 '1 are the. basis for the 1 I < .1, 1.1..r '' . -- -u ..+22w . 4.-'%,..t·,0-2 .2. 4 4 family home at 7135 r.44 Dunham Rd., Walton ' 1-1 =S=-j.2 -/ 1/ilailii/&/82':.I.-* Hills. The Dzic=kow- 4 €*81-,4 T'" 6--- '15., ir:.fj ff,3* S skis and their friends r. 1 - '»· built the house in 10 'G,L- f- '_- '7- 7-t-:I f *f< WIVEt*ji,YL'Illllllllllil+-t, cab- iD. months.t.. · '.- The.. .- log . .1 -1/ 253--- · 64 2//1 /./.// Elb r - 1„1/918:rv . 1. -, 4 'E4 '.4 h .'C- / .1.:1 .,4 b f j ;1 .- id /1- 1 -r 41'fli 1-1.L./ --4-i .-4- • I t.34»61 1 4 3-4' -., - iflli -i le ft- -«'b .„ HOUSE MAbE of Hand-Hewn Telephone and Electric Poles Name: Hank and Joyce Dziczkowski House Address: 7135 Dunham Road Date Built: April 1962 - February 1963 For 2 years the Dziczkowskis searched for and stockpiled 125 utility poles. During that time Hank converted the round poles into square beams. Hank began construction of his house in April of 1962. With help from relatives and friends, the Dziczkowskis built their house in 10 months. Reinforced 30-foot beams crossing the ceilings provide support and eliminate the need for interior bearing walls. Shingles for the home's exterior were made by splitting stumps of the poles into pieces. Date of Photo: 2013 2012: Property of Hank and Joyce Dziczkowski Still Standing: Yes January 2015 Mark and Gretchen Dziczkowski 7173 Dunham Road 216.901.9929 (They bought the Fuhrmeyer property in June, 2014) Hank January 2015 Dziczkowski Hank is 88 years old 7135 Dunham Road 440. 804.4040 U-41. The List of Walton Hills HERITAGE FAMILIES Grows! 2-2015 Two, Three and More Generations of Families Choose to Settle in the Village The Third Generation of Dziczkowskis The Second Generation of Dziczkowskis Welcome and Congratulations, to Mark and In 1962, Henry, Jr. 'Hank' and Joyce Dziczkowski Gretchen Dziczkowski, of 7173 Dunham Road, br (wholis deceased) built their unique and distinctive house at choosing to make Walton Hills your home. Mark is the third 7135 Dunham Road, on 4 acres of Black Beauty grounds generation to own property at the top of the hill, a bit south that Hank inherited from his father, Henry, Sr. They have and across the street from the Astorhurst Golf Driving Range, five children: Carol, Lori, Sue, Denise and Mark. Their house sits next door to Mark's dad, Hank. They built their house using hand-hewn telephone Mark and Gretchen have two sons, Eric who is 24 and will and electric poles. To make the round poles into square get manied in a few months, and Ethan who is 21. beams, Hank fashioned a tool like those used by early Mark states, 1 grew up in Walton Hills, and it feels settlers for splitting logs. Hank and Joyce collected utility good to be back in my home town. Gretchen and I joined the poles and stockpiled about 125 squared beams of various Walton Hills Lake soon after we moved here last year, and dimensions before Hank began construction of the house. we are looking forward to spending fun times at the Lake this Residents living north of Alexander Road may year." Mark has good memories of his years growing up in remembertheir mailman, Hank. Dziczkowski transferred the Village. from the Brecksville Post Oflice in 1970 to work at the In his the Walton Hills Swim Bedford facility. He delivered mail to his fellow Walton youth, Mark was on Hills Team. Mark recalls his Swim Coach, Gordon Parnell, a residents forlhe next 14 years. He retired in August of 1984. Bedford High School teacher who lived in the Village. 'Nine For a stretch of years, until recently, Hank's am sharp, Mr. Parnell blew his whistle and we all were daughter Sue lived with him. Sue now lives with her son and expected to the water. We had two his wife, Brad and Janna Dziczkowski, in Sagamore promplly dive into Hills, at I practice sessions a day; one starting at nine, and one in the their Dunham Road home about a mile and a half down the afternoon. Back then, I had to ride my bike to and from the road. Lake - 4 bike rides each summer day from my home on Dunham Road to Walton Hills Lake, and,then hours of The.First Generation of Dziczkowskis practice for Swim Meet Competitions. I don't remember In 1935, Henry and Eleanor Dziczkowski purchased complaining... I must have been in pretty good shaper about 40 acres of land along Dunham Road from the Mars Today, Mark owns bis own business, Cuyahoga Wager family. Henry and Eleanor had 7 children; Henry Jr. Valley Hardwoods. A creative craftsman, he does custom and 6 other children. The Dziczkowskis owned the Dziczkowski Funeral Home which was at Harvard and East wood-working and contracting. 71St Street. For many years the family lived in Cleveland and Mark and Gretchen's house sits on a picturesque "camped" here on weekends. The family liked horses, and home and Gretchen t piece of land: As the new owners, Mark wanted a diversion,from living in the city and operaung their ' of have already completed some projects, and have a list funeral parlor. 1 ideas for future projects on their house and property. Their When they heard about a riding academy (at house had once been owned by the Careys, then the approximately 7880 Dunham Road) going out of business across the road and a mile to the south, the Dziczkowskis Fuhrmeyers from 1970 until June of 2014. Black About 5 years ago, when Roger Fuhrmeyer lirst , bought Beauty Riding Academy"in name only" from the Clark family. To its patrons, Black Beauty Riding considered selling his property, Mark talked to Roger, and Academy merely moved from one place on Dunham Road to convinced Roger to sell to him. They slruck a deal, and Mark the new location. and Gretchen waited until Roger was ready to move, The new Black Beauty Riding Academy (at 7125 Mark's dad, Hank, at 88 years old, is delighted and Dunham Road) used about 16 miles of Bedford Reservation grateful that Mark and Gretchen are living next door to him. bridle paths, including theoxen lanes created by the Wager Quany. The livery usually had from 20 10 25 horses that Hank says, "This is the Lord's doing. It is marvelous in our mostly standard bred, along with some pintos and a few eyes." 41, were thoroughbreds. In 1942 when the 25-stall bam burned down, 13 horses perished in the fire. Dziczkowski rebuilt the bam ataspot farther back on the property. Black Beauty had a dance hall pavilion complete with fireplace and kitchen facilities available for hay rides, :* I church groups, and youth groups. New York Central Freight Line - Railroad Houses The New York Central Freight Line The New York Central Railway System designed this new freight line on its right-of-way that cut diagonally through Little Egypt. The NYC acquired the right-of-way when it purchased the L. E. & P Railway in 1900. This freight line started at Marcy in Cleveland and ended in Hudson, where it connected with other NYC lines. The Freight Line, used coal powered steam locomotives. The Freight Line was in operation from 1911 until the 1960s. Work on the line began in 1904, and was completed in 1911. In the Little Egypt Section, NYC crews had to elevate long stretches of the land before tracks were laid. They imported 250,000 tons of popcorn slag brought in from Youngstown and Pittsburgh steel mills so work crews could build up the ground level for tracks on the SE side of Tinkers Creek. Several concrete culverts were built to span streams. Small bridges were built to cross Egbert/Dunham Road and Alexander/Sagamore Road intersections. In Little Egypt, the NYC built a Railroad Spur, Water Tower and Pump House for their freight line. The NYC Trestle Bridge Two major NYC projects in the Tinkers Creek Valley were changing the elevation of the land for a Trestle Bridge, and building a Trestle Bridge that stretched 400 yards, and was 80 feet above the natural grade. NYC engineers came here frequently to check their math and drawings. The NYC built bridge abutments on both hillsides and in the valley, too. For added support, they buried a wooden framework under each concrete abutment. The Trestle Bridge was built between 1909 and 1911. The bridge towered 150 feet above Tinkers Creek, and had a span of almost one-fourth of a mile. They built a Catwalk under the bridge, and a series of suspended wood planks and platforms along the side of the trestle bridge, too. .*#6-Ng=/2.1£ r--r..twist-A. 19'p, I -14 01£ I .t -:4.. 1914 Photo -47- View of the New York Central Railroad Trestle from Tinkers Creek -.Mi I / 24 7 A * cl -4 3- --I - . hiliii# . _ lilI= li . ... + 2.-_99=.4194|,3.*81111 1- 7 „jIllilI-,1.It· 11 .1 . 1 IF, . -1-1 111 t j 1 .6 L<- 1 1 „i 1.-1 .1 't* / 'a 6#1« -I« I t fli t.* 1*. . 1/,1. - Idd.jIll' 11 . * 25' «.- I : - , +MI' I 1, 1 -, 'aed/44 '111 6 lillI '1,11# I . r Il .1,1111 'I H Ill'll I I 6- 41, - .1 1, - 1 # I , I - --1.„ Af *.4/ - , 4 "11''Ill 1'01, . . 1 6 .lilli / 111 1 46 1 1. 1 . 11.,1 1 t . .,1,· .:'1' , "IN,€ , '."4 . - A 1, , ..1' 2- 0 r.,1 ' ' MIl 1 1 .- -r,111 r e, 4.-1 •, 4 , . . 91' , '.*.,, " 114, .1l.t'' mia...=t 2, * * t• - , . 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The company then sold the popcorn slag for use in ODOT's Interstate 1-271 Express Lanes Project in the area east of Cleveland. The slag removal operation began April, 1994 and was completed by September of 1995. 1 '' :46/7/41 --_S' ,---1;,W# t-g_. , 1, . - -*= - I . I. -1-#* . '7 Z.1 Ur , lili. , gA 4 t ='*.:-' , -*1 - B -1 - - * -t. All/VIEW-EN/4 JI &= ,-111.1-2-G7' , »: 9,11"agAMWU-9-4.Fojzj.9/-i-6 CUT-G -I-- *, 1 »-f 33·#7-=Iig.'I.-I..., I 3 ------21+41------· S=&53== ---6- I ==.-=_ -- 4 *" Ie '11111112* I - El,/. 1 ild w . + . 11.e·-/.1 •!E .Ztl. j'B' 3 -'4#/ 1. e- _ *Y.' =ef f r.,i,1- I24, . Fi .<*2': ri.e - .../6.-Fail..,a.-e F---i I /#/di//"1 ./ , r. r *ii; 14 mi-Imp-- lk#=:, 1;1. r=*r. It +1. I- -Al 7,2 . - *I= - , 381 1 '=' 422, r.i *1: I /4 114'144*fiFf 4,1 - 4 . .4 ». 4 4 -31_. 8Z '9*' '-Er -ir. 1.,-' 6 .& Ak .... »2-- -I---I---3."."l. -"-- :r'2,6.... *TDK' - Si-4 *1 1161"03 69 Pludi SI:.Areeker /994- /995- -53- Three New York Central Railroad Houses In 1902 and 1903, just before the NYC began construction of their Freight Line that cut through Little Egypt, the company purchased 3 houses in Little Egypt. One would be the residence of the NYC Section Foreman and his family. The 2nd house house would be a camphouse for the laborers. The 3rd house was purchased because it stood underneath the patti of the planned trestle bridge. Two of the houses are privately owned residences today. The third house was tom down by the Metroparks. The Section Foreman House The New York Central bought the house at 7345 Dunham Road for living quarters for its local Section Foreman and his family. The house was built c. 1874. The railroad company made the inside as attractive as possible for its section foreman. The remodeled living room featured a large bay window as well as a set of solid oak French doors that separated two front rooms from the entrance hall. Train tracks ran along the rear of the lot. The NYC insisted that at all times the Section Foreman have a clear view of the tracks from inside the house - no sheds, barr,s, underbrush or garden were allowed to obstruct his view of the tracks. Paying the NYC $7.00 a month rent, Section Foreman Edward Long and his family occupied the house from 1919 until 1939. At that time the NYC gave the Longs the option of purchasing the house or moving. When they chose to relocate, the railroad sold the house. Since 1991, the owners of this house are Robert and Patricia Bednarski. 7 1/..r .- Ly 8/ -...-,7 - . =tn- 11 t 96(ir o f F o° - ir--- Tf ''or to '0135 A ' < ... , 4% + 9 : ''. j I '., . .A - - * i -1 -54- The New York Central Section Foreman House ri. l'k 4. .f:* ' . „ 1 0 /985 F6011 1.i: .// 14 4 :pv .-AM I / ./ t4 abi 2 00 2. Fhoto *-- I=9;7»- ....' ...... "'"9. '44.Aw.6$»*.4. -Ii' --- -55- The New York Central Camphouse Name: New York Central Camphouse Address: 15801 Egbert Road Date Built: Unknown - Years before 1900 The New York Central purchased this farmhouse at 15801 Egbert Road in about 1902. It was situated on the east side of the railroad tracks. Most of the NYC laborers who prepared the site and laid the track were brought here from Hungary. This Camphouse housed the workers. The first floor was one large room with picnic style tables and the second floor was a large donnaory. A portion of the Camphouse was living quarters for the boarding house foreman and his wife. Pete Vranek, who was in charge of the men, spoke both Hungarian and English. He could relay instructions from the Section Foreman to the work crews. His wife, Kathryn Vranek, provided meals for the men, handled the laundry and kept the house clean. By the time this section of the rail line was completed and the construction gang were "let go," the Vraneks saved enough money to move to Cleveland and open a grocery store in their new neighborhood. Date of Photo: 1958 2012 - Property of Scott Schroeder Still Standing: Yes -4: .S -» .r , -..'.... h --I ...:4 * '• •'. ' ..4 ···4' " , -1 . 1/. : X '·' I -54 : 4/49 - ..1 - 32.t.;..'' j:' I ·. 52 *.6 1, : 1 .fi Im 4 4. . C 3- _ -< , - .- f. . .. , 1 .NI' 2 1 < ICT 1* 1 GGIS),12...-..-.' -56- The New York Central Camphouse *p./. MA..-.'- 1.1 97*Z<.1 latk&24' ...... I T. 3.3 afT . .. I -5., . . K.L., F& \-i 71/ A-J /95% photo bY Jac06 and Elearor Senckur t-t --. -13 /2-- 1992 Pkato hy Judi Schroeder -57- e u fork Central 1-48/6 C a.wlphouse. /:'.'.. ,... \ - ...4 ' ..W : .1, ' I Z#f i . - - - , .-2 , .fer. W.. b . 0 1.4. .- '3. 'i . 9 *.:f....·»7 ..., '·.-t, .,6.2< ..r...... 81.2 ...... - r J. -' ...,1- . .' . .- 3,9: .-. i / " m -- f If "\\ 1-. ------7, g 88S 0 m'iii :, 1 - . » " f, m . 1 -HIN M 7 i -rL -' .- q 4 _' r- 9 'ti'- & I ... , 93251j.Em--..,...„ - 39 7- Name: New York Central Camphouse Address: 15801 Egbert Road Date Built: Unknown - Years before 1900 The New York Central bought this old farmhouse in about 1902. This house was the NYC Camphouse for railroad laborers who laid the track, most of whom were brought here from Hungary. The 1St floor was one large room with picnic style tables and the 2nd floor was a large dormitory. A portion of the Camphouse was living quarters for the boarding house foreman and his wife. Mr. Vranek, who was in charge of the men, spoke both Hungarian and English. His wife provided meals for the men, handled the laundry and kept the house clean. Date of Photo: 1958 2012 - Property of Scott Schroeder Still Standing: Yes *.'3. 1$ *, -'r ., I : ....i' --3-'=It./4 ..51 AT -I -. f I * ..53, * ** *- ''-:4 * - 4. 4./ ... I' 4 , *. &914 '. : pr.*4 ·,1 .T ir...25. I . I. :. IIi *41:* Sfi.-63.„il. :ip,t 0-.4&4/&'t :L ,· 41 \Ii,Lk 31, 15801 666·05 flo-0- e - 0 adu.j «501(6©'014 44/4·6 , I , 1 .) -57- The Third NYC Railroad House and Barn This railroad house and bam were located on the north side of Button Road, near where Hemlock Creek empties into Tinkers Creek. The house and bam sat in the path of the NYC right-of-way, and also in the path of the soon-to-be-built railroad trestle. The NYC solved the problem by purchasing the property and moving the house several yards to the east. Instead of using the house for railroad personnel, the company leased it to a local family, Rudolph and Lena Willing. A few years after construction of the rail line was completed, the NYC put the house up for sale. The Willings bought the property and renovated the house. Their son Jack, and his wife Kathleen, lived in the house until they passed away, at which time the property became part of Bedford Reservation. The Cleveland Metroparks razed the house and bam, and since the late 198Os, this is the site of the Bedford Reservation Management and Maintenance Center buildings. The Willing House on Button Road Willing family members are pictured -1, on their front port in days of yore. -'- '. = se#".-*- *' :„: -3-'.1.'*Z Date of photo unknown. 79% : -*774< == L .4-le Photo reproduced by Nina Wolf : ..=-el'* =1» 5-, ..... 3 ;A 1' -·13 1 \ f · / 4..W·. *»«.,-:"9#f 1 46 44...--- · '5, 15 71. i qt 44 . 9.-- -- -= 214 ./-/' .-41 -6,- .„+4-1=2: :ASt·,• 2' -'.4* ..... -- - -58- The Willing Bam 1989 Photo by Judi Schroeder House and Bam Razed in 1989 by the Cleveland Metroparks / The NYC Railroad Barn on Button Road This is a 1984 Ink Drawing by local artist Nina Wolf, of Dunham Road. 47#2435,3» Nina's drawing of the Willing Bam « c- -Airia"'0<9; 3 «3 is on the cover of the book, ------Ir--:=--- Ar/11"limmillisr-&g'lif.. I-, HNIE'# -* Tracing Our Heritage, the Village of 1=11.M Walton Hills. For many years this bam, built c. 1870, faced Button Road near the mouth of Hemlock Creek. ni,2.6 -/'12=2 + -= -· 9: ...... > .. · . 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I fl.41 9,111.131111 11'kli Al'.4 1. 1 :11 1!1.,11 i."4 " "' 't"", :1,11''i'(fli, 11:' i'''i,g,Ii, &WI Il i# 1'.1. A -1 s - i. - · . i 6 1 1 l' '11 1'1' lillI 14 ... «34: ·· 1,112. © - ..Ri t - ...,- .. .6 BY JEAN KAINSINGER with ROBERT KAINSINGER - -,-I-.- WILL I AG 'BARN 130-rro % i + ROAD A. faced Button Road near the mouth of For many years this BARN, BUILT c. 1870, the Bedford Reservation Hemlock Creek. Since the late 1890s this is the site of center. by local artist Nina Wolf 1984) management and maintenance (Ink drawing Jack Willing interview Jack owned and lived in the railroad house (the Metropark's Hemlock Creek Drive) which was torn down by the Metroparks after Jack died. Jack Willing knew the Dawson Lumber Company. Dawson dealt with local farmers. He bought rough cut timber from our local farmers who were eager to get cash. They sold Dawson logs they cut from their property and nearby land. Carl Miller, a builder, also dealt with the local timber business. Dawson's Mill had the machinery to cut large logs. It was located on Taylor Street, off Washington Street Jack Willing's Barn on Button Road -- today it is the park's service garage area The Willing Barn was the old Welsh place barn. It had hand-made, square nails. --- - r .1 - 47 ../.I.- .-*.- ·- +9 ..4 /0 + F7 3. ' C < 0:... ' I " 'Pt,1. 4 'r . '' 4 «'* 30 - pf AP. I e,. .: - ../- 1 .* * I 446'50'., #4- -··,P. 4/.r,54 it „ * i , 3 i & jigilm"CE 1i 1, ?I ' ' 2 1 g S.: W i l ili , · .':i, 0,tl 1",1,1,Ul '1 16, .. r. 4'. r + F. , I. ,„ -+ ... , r ./ 6 44 Vt 4 :d r -I + 4-t, %14/ / -*...1'1,% *r .* + W.*1 / r .. 1-F-f .. f ,:·•-. UL -L-- , - . 4. 4 „14*t .. 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