Huntington Farms

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Huntington Farms
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Huntington Farms in November 2025
Huntington Farms
Nearest city Clarksville, Maryland
Coordinates 39°12′12″N76°58′15″W / 39.20333°N 76.97083°W / 39.20333; -76.97083
Built1840s (demolished)
1870s (current)
ArchitectJohn T. Hardey
Architectural style Romanesque Revival architecture [1]
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Location of Huntington Farms in Maryland

Huntington Farms is a historic home in Clarksville in Howard County, Maryland, United States. [1]

Huntington Farms is a two-story L-shaped brick house built in the 1840s by John T. Hardey. [1] Hardey's brother Dr. William H. Hardey, built Montrose next door in 1844. [1] The house was built during the antebellum slavery period in the Howard District of Anne Arundel County, which later became Howard County. [1] John's daughter married Tom Clarke and the couple remained on the property. They had a son, Alan Clarke, who bred and trained "some of Maryland's finest race horses". [1]

Around 1875 or earlier, the house was destroyed in a fire. [1] A new house was built in the Romanesque Revival architecture style that was becoming popular at the time. [1] The house is representative of how this style was applied to farm houses. [1] There are also a number of old barns on the property. [1]

The property contains remnants of a brick kiln that was used by slaves to fire bricks for the original house and other buildings. [1] There is a graveyard behind the house were both family and slaves are buried. [1] The graveyard containing Nicholas Hardy, buried in 1850, is now located between two pipe-stem driveways in the subdivision.[ citation needed ]

The surrounding farmland was reduced from 185 acres to 13 acres by 1977 or earlier. [1] It was subdivided again[ when? ] for residential development leaving only 3.085 acres around the original house.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Huntington Farms (PDF) (Architectural Survey File). Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Maryland Historical Trust. 1977. MIHP No.: HO-19. Retrieved November 9, 2025.