Bon Air Manor (Ellicott City, Maryland) Explained

Bon Air Manor
Coordinates:39.25°N -76.8°W
Built:1870
Architecture:Romanesque

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 Benson in 1696. The property was later expanded to 268 acres.[1] The gatehouse was part of a complex of outbuildings including a barn, stone jail, and slave quarters built in 1805. The property adjacent to the New Cut Landfill has been subdivided for residential development and reduced in size.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bensons's Park MSA. 5 August 2014.
  2. Book: Images of America Howard County. 106. Howard County Historical Society.
  3. Web site: HO-398 Bon Air Manor. 5 August 2014.