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==History== ==History==
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 ] by the early 19th century, now also in Catonsville. To the west, large swaths of land were also owned by his brother Nicholas Carroll.<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> The estate was built around the 1770s by a Daniel C—oll. Carroll had leased adjacent land by the estate which he named Dillonsfield, which became ] by the early 19th century, now also in Catonsville. To the west, large swaths of land were also owned by his brother Nicholas Carroll.<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>


The estate of 400 acres was listed for sale by Carroll in '']'' in 1794.<ref name="passano1">{{cite web|title=Mount Dillon|url=https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/191740|website=]}}</ref> It was being rented out by an Ann Carroll in 1828.<ref name="passano2">{{cite web|title=Mount Dillon|url=https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/191739|website=]}}</ref> The estate of 400 acres was listed for sale by Carroll in '']'' in 1794.<ref name="passano1">{{cite web|title=Mount Dillon|url=https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/191740|website=]}}</ref> It was being rented out by an Ann Carroll in 1828.<ref name="passano2">{{cite web|title=Mount Dillon|url=https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/191739|website=]}}</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"/> 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 the estate was ultimately sold to Dr. ] 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="bsun"/><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> He farmed for over half a century, dying at the estate in 1911.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Death of Mr. Samuel K. Crosby|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-obituary-for-samuel-ki/94448621/|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=March 28, 1911|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref> Tracts of land from the estate were sold in the 1910s by his children,<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 ultimately sold entirely to Dr. ] 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 14:10, 17 December 2024

Building in Maryland, United States
Mount Dillon
General information
StatusDestroyed
Completedc. 1770s
OwnerDaniel 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, about seven miles from the town of Baltimore, and two miles north of the location where Catonsville later developed, whose residential sprawl now encompasses the site of the former estate.

History

The estate was built around the 1770s by a Daniel C—oll. Carroll had leased adjacent land by the estate which he named Dillonsfield, which became Johnnycake Town by the early 19th century, now also in Catonsville. To the west, large swaths of land were also owned by his brother Nicholas Carroll.

The estate of 400 acres was listed for sale by Carroll in The Maryland Journal, and the Baltimore Advertiser in 1794. It was being rented out by an Ann Carroll in 1828.

Mount Dillon was owned since 1846 by Samuel Kirk Crosby and still had its old slaves' quarters when Crosby arrived He farmed for over half a century, dying at the estate in 1911. Tracts of land from the estate were sold in the 1910s by his children, and it was ultimately sold entirely to Dr. H. M. Rowe in 1919.

References

  1. ^ "Mt. Dillon, Catonsville, MD". The Baltimore Sun. May 21, 1905. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  2. "Mount Dillon". Maryland Center for History and Culture.
  3. "Mount Dillon". Maryland Center for History and Culture.
  4. Keidel, George Charles (1944). Early Catonsville and the Caton Family. J.H. Furst Company. pp. 110–111.
  5. "Death of Mr. Samuel K. Crosby". The Baltimore Sun. March 28, 1911. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  6. "Real Estate and The Courts". The Baltimore Sun. July 20, 1916. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  7. "Real Estate — Courts". The Baltimore Sun. August 9, 1919. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  8. "Real Estate — Courts". The Baltimore Sun. April 30, 1919. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

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