Keewaydin Farm

Located Ellicott City in Howard County, Maryland, United States, Keewaydin Farm.

Keewaydin Farm 4090 Old Columbia Pike
Location of Keewaydin Farm 4090 Old Columbia Pike in Maryland
Nearest cityEllicott City, Maryland
Coordinates39°16′00″N 77°03′00″W
Built1912
Architectural style(s)Neo Colonial

The Keewaydin Farm house is a wooden structure forming an off-center T arrangement built in 1912 on a ten-acre farm.[1] The name came from The Song of Hiawatha.[2] The home was built for Judge James Clark and his wife Alda Tyson Hopkins. The house became the first meeting site for the Ellicott City PTA, Howard County Health Department. The farm raised colts used in local shows and Doughoregan Manor. Groceries for the site were delivered onsite by horse and cart from the former Mayor of Ellicott City, Samuel J. Yates.[3] Children raised at the site included Orphans court Judge John Clark, and Senator James Clark, Jr.. The farm was expanded to 30 acres and later subdivided and reduced to 10 acres[4] In 1998 owner Edward J. Brush attempted to convert the property to an 87-room group care facility. 10 remaining acres of the property and the house was transferred to the Howard County Conservancy.[5]

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References
  1. James Clark Jr. Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator. p. 13.
  2. Howard County Historical Society. Images of America Howard County. p. 89.
  3. James Clark Jr. Jim Clark Soldier Farmer Legislator. p. 24.
  4. "HO-556 Keewaydin Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. Jamie Smith Hopkins (14 January 2002). "Easement ensures that estate in Ellicott City will be preserved Legislator's boyhood home was to be developed". The Baltimore Sun.
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