Brandywine Village, Ohio

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Brandywine Village is a now abandoned, historic village located near Brandywine Falls in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, USA.

[edit] History

The Village of Brandywine was first settled in 1814 when George Wallace built a sawmill on the falls of the Brandywine Creek. It was a thriving community. Over the next decade, the Village of Brandywine added a whiskey distillery, grist mill, woolen mill, and a dozen houses. In 1824, Wallace transferred his property to his sons who then formed the Wallace Brothers Company. Business thrived for the next 30 years.

Eventually, Brandywine's prosperity dried up. The Ohio and Erie Canal, and later the railroads, shipped goods to the cities of Akron and Cleveland, leaving towns like Brandywine behind. Except for the barn and house built by James Wallace in 1848 only a few hidden foundations remain of the Village of Brandywine. Near the falls, some foundations of the old gristmill can still be seen.

The James Wallace House has been restored and now serves as a bed and breakfast, The Inn at Brandywine Falls.