Wheatfield (Ellicott City, Maryland)

Wheatfield, also known by Wheatfields, Resolution Manor, or Wheatfield Farm is a historic home located south of Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland.

Wheatfield
Location of Wheatfield in Maryland
Location4588 Montgomery Rd. (Route 103), Ellicott City, Maryland
Coordinates39°14′37″N 76°48′17.3″W
Built1802
Architectural style(s)Stone

Wheatfield started on land patented to Samuel Chew in 1695 as Chews Resolution Manor and Chews Vineyard. Caleb Dorsey inherited the land in 1718.[1] In 1850 the 202-acre farm was purchased for $9,000 by James Clark.[2] One son, James Clark Jr. left the farm to join the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia,[3] surviving prison camp to return as a cattle broker. His other son John Lawrence Clark (1855-) was born at Wheatfield. He maintained the farm raising a family that would be closely associated with Howard County business and politics. The Wheatfield manor house is built in progressively smaller sections in the "Telescope style" starting in 1802. A water table runs along the foundation of the property. The farm was sold to the Widdup family in 1950 for $50,000. In 1977 the property was owned by the Doll family, who had subdivided the land to 11 acres.[3] The manor house still stands, as of a Howard County Historical Society tour in December 2016, amidst a residential housing development of the same name.

See also

References
  1. Howard County Historical Society. Images of America Howard County. p. 81.
  2. James A Clark Jr. Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator. p. 18.
  3. "HO-95 Wheatfield" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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