Montrose is a historic slave plantation located at Clarksville, Howard County,

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. It was built in 1844 by Dr. William H. Hardey, prominent physician and

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in the

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. One of Dr. Hardey's six children married John Randall, brother of

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, the author of "

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" The house is basically a five-

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-wide, two-bay-deep, and -story stone structure with two

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s set into the

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roof on its south elevation and wide brick chimneys set into its east and west walls. A shingled -story cottage lies north of Montrose with barns and outbuildings lying northwest of them both. Montrose resides next to

Huntington Farms Located Clarksville in Howard County, Maryland, United States, Huntington Farms. Huntington Farms is a two-story L-shaped brick house started in 1840 by John T. Hardey. Hardey's brother Dr. William H. Hardey, built Montrose next door in 1844. ...

, a house built by his brother John T. Hardey. The farm has been subdivided to 4.2 acres for residential construction, with the gravesite for the family and slaves located between two pipe-stem driveways for the development. Montrose was listed on the

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in 2000.

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*, including photo from 2000, at Maryland Historical Trust Clarksville, Maryland Houses completed in 1844 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Howard County, Maryland landmarks Houses in Howard County, Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Maryland {{HowardCountyMD-NRHP-stub

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