Brandywine Falls
8176 Brandywine Road, Northfield
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park, travelers walk along Brandywine Gorge Loop, a series of boardwalks, stairways, and viewing platforms, to the 67-foot natural falls. Early settlers used the falls as a power source. In 1814, George Wallace built a sawmill at the top of the falls, and grist and woolen mills followed shortly thereafter. The village of Brandywine grew around the mills and became one of the earliest communities to emerge in the Cuyahoga Valley. The James Wallace house, built by George’s son in 1848, is one of the last village buildings still standing and is today a bed-andbreakfast — the Inn at Brandywine Falls.
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