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'''Mount Dillon''' was an estate and plantation in ], ], ]. It was located on a then-rural part of ], seven miles from the town of ], and two miles north of the location where ] later developed, whose residental sprawl now encompasses the site of the former estate. '''Mount Dillon''' was an estate and plantation in ], ], ]. It was located on a then-rural part of ], seven miles from the town of ], and two miles north of the location where ] later developed, whose residental sprawl now encompasses the site of the former estate.


The estate was built around the 1770s by American politician and Founding Father ]. Carroll had leased adjacent land by the estate which he named Dillonsfield, which became ] by the early 19th century. The estate was built around the 1770s by a ]. Carroll had leased adjacent land by the estate which he named Dillonsfield, which became ] by the early 19th century.


Mount Dillon was owned since 1846 by Samuel Kirk Crosby and still had its old slaves' quarters when Crosby arrived.<ref name="keidel">{{Cite book |last=Keidel |first=George Charles |title=Early Catonsville and the Caton Family |publisher=J.H. Furst Company |year=1944 |pages=110–111}}</ref><ref name="bsun">{{cite news|title=Mt. Dillon, Catonsville, MD.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/74243800/|newspaper=]|date=May 21, 1905|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> Tracts of land from the estate were sold from Mount Dillon in 1916 and 1919,<ref name="knoop">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-knoop/160997624/|title=Real Estate and The Courts|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=July 20, 1916|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name="adams">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-adams/160997665/|title=Real Estate — Courts|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=August 9, 1919|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> and it was entirely sold by Miriam S. Crosby to Dr. Henry M. Rowe in 1919.<ref name="rowe">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-mount-dillon/160997587/|title=Real Estate — Courts|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 30, 1919|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> Mount Dillon was owned since 1846 by Samuel Kirk Crosby and still had its old slaves' quarters when Crosby arrived.<ref name="keidel">{{Cite book |last=Keidel |first=George Charles |title=Early Catonsville and the Caton Family |publisher=J.H. Furst Company |year=1944 |pages=110–111}}</ref><ref name="bsun">{{cite news|title=Mt. Dillon, Catonsville, MD.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/74243800/|newspaper=]|date=May 21, 1905|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> Tracts of land from the estate were sold in the 1910s,<ref name="knoop">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-knoop/160997624/|title=Real Estate and The Courts|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=July 20, 1916|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name="adams">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-adams/160997665/|title=Real Estate — Courts|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=August 9, 1919|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref> and it was entirely sold to a Dr. Henry M. Rowe in 1919.<ref name="rowe">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-mount-dillon/160997587/|title=Real Estate — Courts|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 30, 1919|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

Revision as of 08:16, 16 December 2024

Building in Maryland, United States
Moutn Dillon
General information
StatusDestroyed
Completedc. 1770s
OwnerDaniel Carroll
Known forhome of Daniel Carroll

Mount Dillon was an estate and plantation in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was located on a then-rural part of the road to Frederick, seven miles from the town of Baltimore, and two miles north of the location where Catonsville later developed, whose residental sprawl now encompasses the site of the former estate.

The estate was built around the 1770s by a Daniel Carroll. Carroll had leased adjacent land by the estate which he named Dillonsfield, which became Johnnycake Town by the early 19th century.

Mount Dillon was owned since 1846 by Samuel Kirk Crosby and still had its old slaves' quarters when Crosby arrived. Tracts of land from the estate were sold in the 1910s, and it was entirely sold to a Dr. Henry M. Rowe in 1919.

References

  1. Keidel, George Charles (1944). Early Catonsville and the Caton Family. J.H. Furst Company. pp. 110–111.
  2. "Mt. Dillon, Catonsville, MD". The Baltimore Sun. May 21, 1905. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  3. "Real Estate and The Courts". The Baltimore Sun. July 20, 1916. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  4. "Real Estate — Courts". The Baltimore Sun. August 9, 1919. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  5. "Real Estate — Courts". The Baltimore Sun. April 30, 1919. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

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