Sunnyside (Woodbine, Maryland)

Historic site in Woodbine Road Woodbine, Maryland

Bon Air Manor

Location of Bon Air Manor in Maryland

Location| 3258 Woodbine Road Woodbine, Maryland
Coordinates| 39°17′45.6″N 77°07′27.4″W﻿ / ﻿39.296000°N 77.124278°W﻿ / 39.296000; -77.124278
Built| 1800
Architectural style(s)| Romanesque

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

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

[edit]

* Cherry Grove, HO-1
* List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust

## References

[edit]

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.

This article about a plantation in Maryland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template