Greater than 300 years of agricultural and architectural historical past are represented at a 135-acre property in Clarksville, Maryland.
Often called Richland Farm, the unfold about 25 miles outdoors of Baltimore has earned a spot within the National Register of Historic Places as a “farmstead which characterised rural Howard County from the late 18th century by way of the mid-Twentieth century.”
The earliest remaining construction on the property is a log cabin connected to the central part of the manor home and courting to 1781. On the time it was constructed, the Revolutionary Conflict was in full swing.
The 1800s noticed the addition of a superintendent’s home, a financial institution barn, a stone springhouse and a smokehouse. A two-story enlargement to the manor home in 1846 added the primary degree parlor and upper-level bedrooms. Farm schooling was on the rise and the American Farmer touted the newest information, devices and developments.
Different surviving outbuildings embody the corn crib, the barracks barn and tractor and wagon sheds – all of which date to round 1900.
Famous residential architect Bayard Turnbull was commissioned in 1919 to renovate and enlarge the manor home. The 2-story T-shaped addition on the again of the home included extra rooms and loos.
A interval correct restoration undertaken in 2005 additionally noticed the addition of a contemporary kitchen and central warmth and air con. A round stone fireplace pit and out of doors seating space was inbuilt 2014.
A porch supported by columns wraps the home, which has almost 7,000 sq. ft of residing area together with six bedrooms and 5 loos. Pastoral views take within the fields and woods.
Painted white with inexperienced shutters, the house options ground-floor French doorways that open to the porch. There are fireplaces in such rooms as the lounge, the eating room, the examine and a number of other of the bedrooms. The log portion of the house has a stone fireplace that was as soon as used for cooking and heating.
Richard Watson of Long & Foster Real Estate is the itemizing agent for 4730 Sheppard Lane, Clarksville, Maryland. The asking worth is US $4 million.
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