FRIENDS OF CROWELL HILAKA
EIN 27-0780916 · Fund Raising & Fund Distribution - Education (B12)
What they do
336 ACRES of WINDING STREAMS, LAKES, and FORESTS THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED OFF FROM THE PUBLIC for OVER 75 YEARS. IT HAD BEEN FARMED BY THE PIONEER OVIATT FAMILY and THEN BECAME THE ESTATE of INVENTOR JIM KIRBY. DURING THE 1920S KIRBY CONSTRUCTED A PATENTED LAKE, A MILL to GENERATE ELECTRIC POWER, A HOUSE AIR-CONDITIONED WITH SPRING WATER, and A DANCE HALL BUILT ON SPRINGS. UPSTREAM, THE NEAL FAMILY BUILT THEIR FAIRY TALE HOUSES and OPERATED A THRIVING FRUIT FARM. THE LAND WAS PURCHASED BY THE CLEVELAND GIRL SCOUTS IN 1937 and ENCLOSED for THE PROTECTION of THE GIRLS. IN 2015, THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITIZENS of RICHFIELD. IT is GOVERNED BY THE RICHFIELD JOINT RECREATION DISTRICT (RJRD). RICHFIELD HERITAGE PRESERVE is OPEN to THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY, DAWN to DUSK. NO ADMISSION CHARGE. THE MAIN ENTRANCE is AT 4374 BROADVIEW RD, JUST SOUTH of THE RICHFIELD GIANT EAGLE. THE OVIATT GATE (AKA THE SOUTH ENTRANCE) is LOCATED AT 3771 OVIATT ROAD, JUST OFF of STATE ROUTE 303 THE HORSE GATE (A
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2015
- Location
- 100 WANDLE AVE, BEDFORD, OH 44146
- County
- Cuyahoga
- In care of
- ROBERT RICHARDSON