Sudbrook Park-Pikesville, MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 21.919 W 076° 43.748
18S E 351039 N 4358743
Sudbrook Park-On 204 acres of James Howard McHenry’s “Sudbrook” estate. Olmsted designed a naturalistic landscape with curvilinear roads intersecting at triangular islands.
Waymark Code: WM116WV
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2019
Views: 6
The text on his historic marker is: Sudbrook Park-Early romantic suburb designed in 1889 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., father of landscape architecture in America. On 204 acres of James Howard McHenry’s “Sudbrook” estate. Olmsted designed a naturalistic landscape with curvilinear roads intersecting at triangular islands. In an early application of comprehensive land-use regulation, lots were sold subject to 16 restrictions suggested by Olmsted. Not surviving are 2 original cottages, the Western Maryland Railway Station, a hotel, a livery stable, and a 9-hole golf course added in 1898.
Erected by A National Register and Baltimore County Historic District Maryland Historical Trust Maryland State Highway Administration.
County (required): Baltimore County
Location (required): 711 Cliveden Road West, Pikesville, MD 21208
Marker Type (optional): Not listed
More info about the site/marker (optional): Not listed
Website for more info (optional): Not listed
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