Sunnyside_(Woodbine,_Maryland)

Sunnyside (Woodbine, Maryland)

Sunnyside (Woodbine, Maryland)

Historic site in Woodbine Road Woodbine, Maryland

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

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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]

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References

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


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