About Us . . .

After 10 years of operation, The Slavic Village Historical Society has vacated its former home in the historic Brilla House at Mill Creek Falls.  Owned by the Cleveland Metroparks, the Brilla House will be converted to intern housing.  A lack of volunteers and a location somewhat distant from Slavic Village necessitated a re-evaluation of the use of the building.

Through the cooperation of the Slavic Village Development Corporation,  we have secured office space in their building at 5620 Broadway Avenue, Suite 200.  All displays and historical materials have been moved there for storage until such time as a new home may be found.

Certified by the State of Ohio as a public non-profit organization on July 12, 1995, we will continue to serve Cleveland's Slavic Village and Broadway-East 55th neighborhoods as well as the Mill Creek area.

Our mission is "to instill and increase the historical knowledge of the area known as Slavic Village and its adjacent communities."  To carry out this mission, the SVHS has conducted neighborhood tours and given presentations to area organizations. A major goal is to preserve the history of Newburgh Township with an emphasis on those areas of Cleveland which once comprised its old 14th and 18th wards.

We thank the Brilla family for the generous donation of their former home for our use for the last decade.  Our initial partnership with the Slavic Village Development Corporation provided the grant funding for the conversion of the house into a museum space.

The Cleveland Metroparks will continue to maintain the area around the Brilla House overlooking Mill Creek Falls as the hidden treasure that many more people have discovered through our combined efforts.  Thank you all.

   maintained by Glenn Sobola

last updated March 20, 2013

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