Draft:Mt. Soma

Mt. Soma is a publicly owned property located at 1120 Baltimore Pike in Bel Air, Maryland.

Creation by William Amos
The original 200 acres of land in Winters Run that would become Mt. Soma was first purchased by William Amos from Henry Wright for 30 pounds sterling on March 3, 1715 after arriving from England. Throughout the years, Mt. Soma served as a home for over six generations of the descendants of William Amos. His son, William Amos II, was a prominent member of the early Baltimore County (later to be included in Harford County) community and was the founder of Fallston’s Little Falls Quaker Meeting House in 1738. This led to the establishment of a town that is presently known as Fallston. He served as an officer in the Maryland Militia and is noted in the Harford County 2010 Master Plan as the founder of Fallston. Many prominent Harford County families including the Harlan, Hoopes, Watson, and McComas families can trace their genealogy straight back to Mt. Soma. Perhaps the largest testament of the importance of Mt. Soma is Children of Mt. Soma, a 1,211 page book written by Gertrude Stephens in 1992, which lists all of the descendants of Mt. Soma up to present day. Since then a supplement has been published with more recent Mt. Soma descendants.

Sale as Reservoir
The remaining land and buildings are currently slated for sale to Maryland American Water for a water reservoir servicing Bel Air and the surrounding area.