| Wheatfield | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wheatfield in Maryland | |
| Location | 4588 Montgomery Rd. (Route 103), Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°14′37″N76°48′17.3″W / 39.24361°N 76.804806°W Coordinates: 39°14′37″N76°48′17.3″W / 39.24361°N 76.804806°W |
| Built | 1802 |
| Architectural style(s) | Stone |
Wheatfield, also known by Wheatfields, Resolution Manor, or Wheatfield Farm is a historic home located south of Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland.
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 65,834 at the 2010 census, qualifying it as the largest unincorporated county seat in the country.
Howard County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2010 census, the population was 287,085. Its county seat is Ellicott City.
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after the English queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary, who was the wife of King Charles I.
Wheatfield started on land patented to Samuel Chew in 1695 as Chews Resolution Manor and Chews Vineyard. Caleb Dorsey inherited the land in 1718. [1] In 1850 the 202-acre farm was purchased for $9,000 by James Clark. [2] One son, James Clark Jr. left the farm to join the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, [3] surviving prison camp to return as a cattle broker.[ citation needed ] His other son John Lawrence Clark (1855-) was born at Wheatfield.[ citation needed ] He maintained the farm raising a family that would be closely associated with Howard County business and politics.[ citation needed ] The Wheatfield manor house is built in progressively smaller sections in the "Telescope style" starting in 1802. A water table runs along the foundation of the property. The farm was sold to the Widdup family in 1950 for $50,000. In 1977 the property was owned by the Doll family, who had subdivided the land to 11 acres. [3] The manor house still stands, as of a Howard County Historical Society tour in December 2016, amidst a residential housing development of the same name.[ citation needed ]
Chews Resolution Manor, also known as Avoca, Resolution Manor, is a historic home and slave plantation located south of Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland.
The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was also the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac.
