Dasher Farm
| Dasher Farm | |
|---|---|
 Dasher Farm Springhouse in 2015 | |
| Location | Columbia, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°11′24″N 76°50′35″W / 39.19000°N 76.84306°W |
| Area | Columbia, Maryland |
| Architectural style(s) | Stone |
  Location of Dasher Farm in Maryland | |
The Dasher Farm is a historic farm located in Columbia, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland, now part of the Rouse Company land development.
Hammond Dorsey operated Elkhorn plantation on the site. He split the property into 90 acre parcels, one of which was purchased by Maureen and Dora Dasher in 1919 creating the Dasher Farm. M.E. Dasher and sons expanded the property to 480 acres in 1949.
A stone springhouse with stucco is the sole remaining historical building, left in an unpreserved state. [1]
The Columbia Village Dasher Green is named for the 670-acre Dasher family farm purchased in May 1963 by one of the Rouse Company land acquisition entities. In 1971 the stone farm house was destroyed by fire. The farm was systematically reduced in size between 1971 and 1978, with the last parcel sold for development in 1996. All building were demolished to build townhouses named "Cradlerock Farm".[2][3] Street names are taken from the works of John Greenleaf Whittier.[4]
See also
- List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust
- Owen Brown, Columbia, Maryland
- Lake Elkhorn
References
- ^ "HO-929" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- ^ Joshua Olsen (2003). Better places, better lives: a biography of James Rouse. Urban Land Institute. ISBN 978-0-8742-0919-8.
- ^ Barbara Kellner (2005). Columbia. Arcadia. ISBN 978-0738517926.
- ^ Laura Barnhardt (May 19, 1996). "Farmers: town's forgotten pioneers; In 1960s, they sold land to Rouse, making Columbia possible". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 20, 2014.