Cherry Grove (Woodbine, Maryland)
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| Location | 2937 Jennings Chapel Road, Woodbine, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′39.3786″N 77°05′37.7262″W / 39.294271833°N 77.093812833°W |
| Area | 12.1 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Built | 1798 |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000567[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 21, 2007 |
Cherry Grove, located on property formerly called Fredericksburg, 400 acres patented by Orlando Griffith's oldest son Henry Griffith in 1750.[2] Cherry Grove is a historic home and former plantation located at Woodbine, Howard County, Maryland, United States. The home is considered the seat of the Warfield family of Maryland.[3]
The multi-part house was built by Captain Benjamin Warfield starting after 1766 after acquiring a 550-acre land grant from Henry Griffith named "Fredericksburg". The complex includes a ca. 1798 log ground barn, an 1860-1890 frame wagon shed with corn crib, an early-20th century frame water tower, frame ground barn with cantilevered forebay, frame shed, frame dairy barn, concrete silo, concrete block dairy, and several frame shelter sheds. The buildings are located on a generally flat site surrounded by gently rolling terrain and are set well back from the road along a gravel drive that winds through the center of the farm.[4] The J.P Tarenz log house was a log slave quarters built around 1768 that was moved offsite after the Civil War to accommodate people freed from slavery.[5] The remains of Maryland's 45th Governor Edwin Warfield (1848–1920), are buried onsite in the family cemetery.[6][7]
The property was owned by Arthur G. Nichols Jr. and wife in 1976 and was subdivided down to 338 acres.[8]
Cherry Grove was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
See also[edit]
- List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust
- Sunnyside (Woodbine, Maryland)
- Oakdale Manor
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Stein, Charles Francis (1972). Origin and History of Howard County Maryland (First ed.). Charles Francis Stein, Jr. p. 244.
- ^ Seeking Freedom The History of the Underground Railroad in Howard County. p. 83.
- ^ Kenneth M. Short (November 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cherry Grove, HO-1" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ Seeking Freedom The History of the Underground Railroad in Howard County. p. 81.
- ^ "Lovely Historic Howard Homes". The Times (Ellicott City). 31 March 1965.
- ^ Celia M. Holland. Old homes and families of Howard County, Maryland: with consideration of various additional points of interest. p. 302.
- ^ "HO-1" (PDF). Retrieved 19 July 2014.
External links[edit]
- Cherry Grove, Howard County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust
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