Welling's Stone House or Clifton is a historic stone house situated between
Clarksville, Maryland
Clarksville is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland; the second highest-earning county in the United States according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The community is named for William Cl ...
and
Fulton, Maryland
Fulton is a census-designated place located in southern Howard County, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 2,049.
History
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Clifton was built on a tract of 2500 acres of land patented as "White Wine & Claret" in 1702 by John Dorsey. The land was inherited by Dorsey's grandsons, Charles and William Ridgley. The tract was divided into an 820-acre tract for William Ridgley, 930 for Charles Ridgley, and 234 acres to John Ridgley. The house was situated along Guilford road, one of the region's earliest "rolling roads" where tobacco would be transported from slave plantations by rolling hogshead containers to docks at Annapolis.
William Welling built the two and a half stories tall house with stone construction. The property was surrounded by 238 acres of farm fields until it was purchased by the
Rouse Company
The Rouse Company was a publicly traded shopping mall and community developer from 1956 until 2004, when General Growth Properties (GGP) purchased the company. It was founded by Hunter Moss and James W. Rouse in 1939.
Beginnings: Moss-Rouse Com ...
division, Howard Research and Development for subdivision. A portion of the property was used for recreation vehicle parking for the Columbia development for several years. The barns were removed, and the address was changed to a cul-de-sac address on Warm Sunshine Path.
The Welling cemetery has been fenced in with new gravestone markers.
See also
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John Due House
References
Clarksville, Maryland
Federal architecture in Maryland
Houses completed in 1818
Howard County, Maryland landmarks
Houses in Howard County, Maryland
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