Oaklands (Laurel, Maryland)
Oaklands or Contee was a slave plantation owned by the Snowden family,[1] and remains as a historic home surrounded by residential development.
| Oaklands, Contee | |
|---|---|
  Location of Oaklands, Contee in Maryland | |
| Nearest city | Laurel, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°04′33.1″N 76°51′41.2″W |
| Built | 1798 |
| Architectural style(s) | Georgian |
The house is a three-story manor of brick construction,[2][3] and was built by Major Thomas Snowden and his wife Eliza Warfield from Bushy Park, Howard County. The 2,000-acre (810 ha) estate extended westward into modern Howard County. Richard Snowden inherited it from his father. His oldest daughter Anne Lousia Snowden inherited the estate and married Capt. John Contee, for whom "Contee" station of the B&O railroad was named.[4][5]
In 1911, the estate was purchased by Charles R. Hoff and his wife who was a descendant of the Snowden family.[6]
Present
The Oakland manor is surrounded by residential development. Access to the property is off of 13700 Oaklands Manor Drive.
References
- "Oaklands". Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Maryland Historical Trust. March 3, 1999. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- Nathania A. Branch Miles; Monday M. Miles; Ryan J. Quick. Prince George's County and the Civil War: Life on the Border. p. 100.
- Hamill Kenny Museum and Library of Maryland History, Maryland Historical Society (1984). The placenames of Maryland, their origin and meaning. p. 67.
- Joshua Dorsey Warfield. The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. p. 363. ISBN 0-8063-7971-5. OCLC 14767982.
- Harriet Tubman; Frederick Douglass; Reverend Noah Davis; Josiah Henson; James W. C. Pennington; John Thompson. Tubman, Douglass, and Other Maryland Slave Narratives.
- John Martin Hammond. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. p. 96.