Exploring Burk Run Terrace
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Burk Run/St Clair Terrace. A unique nature-culture weave in Euclid, Ohio. At the Euclid-Wickliffe line, Burk Run cuts north through the Painesville Moraine to cross Euclid Ave. The stream then flows north on the St. Clair Terrace. In 1797, Joseph Burk opened an inn on the Euclid side of the run. Girdled Rd (1800) & the Bishop Mill (1809) attracted settlers. Inns opened in Wickliffe. In 1881, the Nickel Plate Railroad set the stage for area vineyards and a brickyard. Wickliffe’s brick downtown grew quickly, as did Noble in Euclid. Post WWII growth killed local industry & railroading. In 1961, I-90 buried Burk Run and sucked manufacturing and settlement from the area. The Burk Run tour explores the stream's cut through the St Clair Terrace and asks, “Can we restore this stream?”
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Exploring Burk Run Terrace
- 1. Burk Run brick ovens, ~1900 William Hatchel collection Burk Run brick ovens c. 1900 Euclidian Place walking tour, Aug 17, 2014 Roy Larick A unique nature-culture weave Burk Run/St Clair Terrace Euclid History Museum Bluestone Heights City of Euclid Recreation
- 2. lake plain clay pit wave cut Painesville Moraine uncut Painesville MoraineHillandale brickyard Bluestone Business Park The streams then flow north on the St. Clair Terrace to join, farther north on the lake plain. At the Euclid-Wickliffe line, two branches of Burk Run cut north through the Painesville Moraine to cross Euclid Ave. Burk Run is Euclid’s largest yet least known stream. It has an interesting history and fairly good potential for basing a green stream corridor. Burk Run current geography
- 3. Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818) by Charles Peale First governor of the Northwest Territory Wikipedia Burk Run on the St. Clair Terrace East of Cleveland, the St. Clair Terrace rises subtly above the glacial till-covered lake plain to the north. To the south, at Euclid Ave, the terrace gives rise to the steep Portage Escarpment. Through the 1800s and early 1900s, the terrace was the focus of East Side agricultural and industrial development. Since the late 1960s the terrace has lost industry and population. Now, the St. Clair Terrace may prove helpful in revitalizing Cleveland’s eastern inner ring communities around green space and urban forest landscapes.
- 4. Burk Run on the St. Clair Terrace
- 5. © 2014 Bluestone Heights USGS LiDAR underlay; Mueller(1898) overlay railsandtrails.com Google Earth aerial view Burk Tract In 1797, Joseph Burk opened an inn on the Euclid side of the run. In 1800, Girdled Rd began channeling settlers this way. Inns soon opened in Wickliffe. Hospitality remains a local business. Wickliffe Historical Society Thomas Lloyd house (1850s), Euclid Ave, Salt Run Burk Run early settler history
- 6. Burk Run brickyard, view north across NKP tracks Burk Run brickyard, 1898, dba Buckeye Brick Wickliffe Historical Society Burk Run brickyard, view east across the clay pit Van Horn (1916) In 1881, the Nickel Plate Railroad set the stage for area vineyards and a brickyard. Wickliffe’s brick downtown grew quickly, as did Noble in Euclid. Burk Run brick ovens, ~1900 William Hatchel In 1889, the Burk Run brickyard opened on the DeKalb Clay at the county line. 1889 Cleveland Brick 1892 Buckeye Brick & Tile Works 1898 Buckeye Brick 1916 John Kline Brick 1922 McKay Brick 1932 Euclid Shale Brick Firms at Burk Run St. Clair Terrace Burk Run brickyard clay pit brickyard
- 7. © 2014 Bluestone Heights USGS LiDAR underlay; Mueller(1898) overlay railsandtrails.com Google Earth aerial view Callahan house, St. Clair Rd (1870s) Demolished 1960 Albert Louden house, St. Clair Rd (1880s) Demolished 1960 Burk Tract Euclid History Museum Euclid History Museum Burk Run is culverted under the Euclid Spur and from the CSX tracks to its mouth at 25300 Lake Shore Blvd. I-90 Euclid Spur current aerial view clay pit, up-right borrow pit, down-center lake plain I-90 Euclid Spur 7-29-62, view NW clay pit (up-right) borrow pit (center-left) Google Earth aerial viewer clay pit borrow pit clay pit The DeKalb Clay crops out just below “St. Clair” Burk Run Lakeland Freeway & I-90 Spur Post WWII growth killed local industry & railroading. In 1961, I-90 buried Burk Run and sucked manufacturing and settlement from the area
- 8. Euclid History Museum Euclidian Place walking tour, Aug 14, 2014 Bluestone Heights City of Euclid Recreation St. Clair Terrace Burk Run wetlands Now is time to create green stream corridors in Euclid. Burk Run’s course across the St. Clair Terrace is a good place to start. Burk Tract clay pit brickyard
- 9. Burk Run Terrace timeline © 2013 Bluestone Heights 1797 Joseph Burk opens inn at Euclid Twp’s east line 1798 John Moss buys 720 acres south of Burk’s tract 1798 Girdled Rd joins Euclid Ave via Ridge & Bishop 1803 Stage coach service begins on Euclid Ave 1809 Abraham Bishop opens grist mill Euclid Creek EB 1812 Eaton inn opens on Ridge at Bishop, Wickliffe 1817 Freeman inn opens on Euclid Ave, Wickliffe 1822 Lloyd inn opens on Euclid Ave, Wickliffe 1852 CP&A Railroad opens; Noble station 1881 Nickel Plate RR opens through Euclid 1883 Euclid RR opens to Bluestone village 1889 Burk Run brickyard opens on the DeKalb Clay 1896 CP&E electric railroad opens along Euclid Ave 1962 Euclid Spur construction; Burk Run culverted 1889 Cleveland Brick 1892 Buckeye Brick & Tile Works 1898 Buckeye Brick 1916 John Kline Brick 1922 McKay Brick 1932 Euclid Shale Brick Euclidian Place deep history Euclidian Places Fourteen thousand years ago, the retreating glacier revealed a complex local nature. 10,000 years ago, Native Americans gravitated to the moraines, fossil beaches, and gorge mouths. In the early 1800s, earth-based industries exploited natural resources. In the 1890s local nature drew the summering crowd and the estate builders. In the twentieth century, the suburban city lost interest in the nature and history of place. As the urban core shrinks, we may rediscover unique natural and cultural legacies and regain interest in our special places.
- 10. Burk Run brick ovens, ~1900 William Hatchel collection Burk Run brick ovens c. 1900 Euclidian Place walking tour, Aug 17, 2014 Roy Larick A unique nature-culture weave Burk Run/St Clair Terrace Euclid History Museum Bluestone Heights City of Euclid Recreation