Homewood is a stone house located off of Homewood road in Ellicott City in Howard County, Maryland.
| Homewood | |
|---|---|
  Location of Homewood in Maryland | |
| Nearest city | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°15′00″N 76°54′00″W / 39.25000°N 76.90000°W |
| Built | 1830,[1] 1872,[2] or circa-1876[3] |
| Architectural style(s) | Brick |
Homewood was built on the Carroll family's Doughoregan Manor for Robert Goodloe Harper Carroll (1839-1915), who served in Company K of the Confederate 1st Virginia Cavalry. He served with his younger brother Albert, who died in battle.[4] The family home was passed on to R. G. Harper Carroll II, then to the Wright Family. The house stayed in the Carroll family until the 1960s before it went through a series of owners including a Rouse Company executive and the administrator of Howard County General Hospital.[5] In 1996 Joan Cochran, wife of former county Executive Edward L. Cochran, listed the 14-acre property for sale for $1.4 million.[3]
Homewood has six fireplaces, library, wine cellar and grand foyer. The house offers six bedrooms and a gourmet kitchen.[1]
The Homewood Center for disruptive and emotionally disturbed youths was built near the site in 2002, and given the name Homewood Alternative Learning Center to sound "elegant".[2]
See also edit
- Doughoregan Manor
- Homewood Museum - Carroll Estate in Baltimore County
- Edgewood Farm, "Gaither Farm", "Homewood Farm".
References edit
- ^ a b "54th House And Garden Pilgrimage Set For Sunday". The Baltimore Sun. 28 April 1991.
- ^ a b White, Tanika (10 November 2000). "Board mulling secular tone Religious references to school holidays would be eliminated Opposition encountered". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ a b Merritt, Dolly (28 November 1996). "Historic mansion back on market 14-acre Homewood has asking price of about $1.5 million". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ "Death of R. G. H. Carroll". The Washington Post. 21 January 1915.
- ^ The Howard County Historical Society. Images of America Howard County. p. 31.