Sunnyside (Woodbine, Maryland)

Sunnyside or Sunnyside Farms is a historic slave plantation home located in Woodbine, Howard County, Maryland.

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Location3258 Woodbine Road Woodbine, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′45.6″N 77°07′27.4″W
Built1800
Architectural style(s)Romanesque

Sunnyside began as a log cabin built in 1800 by Capt. Banjamin Warfield of Cherry Grove's son Joshua Warfield. In 1830, Albert Gallatin Warfield expanded the home, and a second expansion was completed in 1890 by his son Joshua Warfield.[1][2]

Albert Warfield was known for generously freeing his slaves at the age of 40, albeit at a time when life expectancy was shorter.[3] His son Joshua Warfield operated a title company, and imported food waste for composting fertilizer for soil. The house later passed to Norman Hutton Warfield (1889 - 1955) who worked for the Federal Land Trust.[4] The last Warfield heir to own the estate was the assistant states attorney for Howard County, Albert Gassaway Warfield III (-1983) who worked for Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. The farm is now known as Timberleigh Farm[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Howard County Historical Society. Images of America Howard County. p. 110.
  2. "HO-115 Sunnyside" (PDF). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  3. Seeking Freedom The History of the Underground Railroad in Howard County. p. 77.
  4. "sunnyside". Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. Frederick N. Rasmussen (17 October 2002). "Caroline K. Warfield, 91, former News-Post writer". The Baltimore Sun.
  6. "HO-115 Sunnyside" (PDF). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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