Burleigh (Ellicott City, Maryland)

Burleigh
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Burleigh, January 2011
Location	3950 White Rose Way, Ellicott City, Maryland
Coordinates
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1810 (1810)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	82001596
Added to NRHP	November 30, 1982

File:Historic American Buildings Survey E. H. Pickering, Photographer September 1936 1760 - Burleigh Manor, Centennial Lane, Ellicott City, Howard County, MD HABS MD,14-ELLCI.V,1-1.tif

Bureigh in 1936

File:Historic American Buildings Survey E. H. Pickering, Photographer September 1936 DRAWING ROOM - Burleigh Manor, Centennial Lane, Ellicott City, Howard County, MD HABS MD,14-ELLCI.V,1-4.tif

Drawing Room

Burleigh, or Burleigh Manor, is a historic home located at Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, built on a 2,300-acre (930 ha) estate. It is a Federal-style brick dwelling built about 1810, laid in Flemish bond. Also on the landscaped grounds are a stone smokehouse; a much-altered log, stone, and frame "gatehouse" or "cottage," and another log outbuilding, as well as an early-20th century bathhouse, swimming pool, and tennis court. The probable builder was Colonel Rezin Hammond (1745–1809), who bequeathed the manor and 4,500 acres (1,800 ha) to his grandnephew Denton Hammond (1785–1813) and his wife Sara who lived there until her death in 1832. In 1914 the estate was owned by Mary Hanson Hammond with land totaling over 1,000 acres (400 ha) including the outbuildings and slave quarters. In 1935 the Estate was subdivided to 600 acres (240 ha) and purchased by Charles McAlpin Pyle, Grandson of industrialist David Hunter McAlpin. It is currently operated as a livestock shelter. In the late 1960s the property was owned by Mrs G. Dudley Iverson IV.

Centennial Lane was built in 1876 as a shortcut through Burliegh Manor property between Clarksville and Ellicott City.

In November 1976 the county executive, Edward L. Cochran, commissioned a $35,000 survey by Resource Management Associates Inc. to analyze 600 acres (240 ha) of the manor property for a landfill site at a set contract price of $2,250,000, but a task force recommendation led to a site selection in Marriottsville. In 1979 A historical survey was conducted, listing the owner as Maple Lawn developer Stewart J Greenbaum. In 1982 Burleigh was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1987, the wife of former County Executive Cochran listed Burleigh Manor and 15 surrounding acres for sale for $750,000.

See also

• List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust

External links

• Burleigh, Howard County, including photo from 1936, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. MD-545, "Burleigh Manor, Centennial Lane, Ellicott City vicinity, Howard County, MD", 10 photos, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material