Lilburn Cottages are a group of historic cottages part of Liburn Mansion, located in
Ellicott City
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, making it the mo ...
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Howard County,
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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The cottages were built on an original 2,500-acre land grant named the Valley of Owen.
The
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
Lilburn Mansion was built on College Avenue for Baltimore foundry owner
Henry Richard Hazlehurst in 1857. The original 20-acre site has been subdivided down to 8 acres, and the guesthouse and carport outbuildings demolished. The site of the cottages was subdivided into a 6.75-acre parcel, which allowed the portion of the historic Lilburn complex to fall outside of the Ellicott City Historic district development protections.
In 2013, owners Ronald and Gail Spahn allowed the
Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services to burn the historic structures, including the adjacent Lilburn (Hammond) Cottage and Grimes house, before subdividing the property. Spahn's Autumn Development Corporation used Howard County slope stabilization legislation to help fund clearing the historic wooded site for single-family homes. KB homes marketed the subdivision as Autumn Overlook.
See also
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Lilburn (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Lilburn Mansion, also known as the Balderstones Mansion or Hazeldene is a historic home located in Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland.
The site of the structure is on an original 2,500-acre land grant named the Valley of Owen. The gothic revi ...
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Bon Air Manor (Ellicott City, Maryland)
Bon Air Manor or Benson's Park is a historic plantation home located in Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland.
The Bon Air Manor is a historic gatehouse to the original Benson's Park Manor. Benson's Manor was a 250-acre parcel patented by Daniel ...
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References
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External links
YouTube video of Howard County Burning the historic sitePhotography of site destruction
Houses completed in 1857
Howard County, Maryland landmarks
Houses in Howard County, Maryland
Buildings and structures in Ellicott City, Maryland
1857 establishments in Maryland