Richland Farm (Clarksville, Maryland)

Richland Farm
Richland Farm, January 2011
Location 4730 Sheppard Ln., Clarksville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°14′40″N 76°56′45″W / 39.24444°N 76.94583°WCoordinates: 39°14′40″N 76°56′45″W / 39.24444°N 76.94583°W
Built 1919
Architect Turnbull, Bayard
Architectural style Colonial, Colonial Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 08000217[1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 2008

Richland Farm is a historic home and farm complex located at Clarksville, Howard County, Maryland, United States. The main house is a log and frame house, the earliest section of which is presumed to date from 1719. The main block comprises three sections, with a large addition on the rear. It features a one story shed-roofed wrap-around porch supported by Doric order columns. Also on the property are the Superintendent’s House, Gardener’s Cottage, wagon shed, tractor shed and smokehouse with board-and-batten siding, a barn, a stone spring house and “Barrack.”[2]

In 1838, Dr. William Watkins of Richland Manor proposed the "Howard District" of Anne Arundel County, which became Howard County in 1851.[3]

Richland Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". Richland Farm, Howard County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21.
  3. Howard's Roads to the Past. p. 2.

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