Bon Air Manor or Benson's Park is a historic plantation home in
Ellicott City
Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Howard County, Maryland, United States. Part of the Baltimore metropolitan area, its population was 75,947 at the 2020 census, making it the mo ...
, 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. 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.
See also
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Lilburn (Ellicott City, Maryland)
References
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Houses completed in 1870
Howard County, Maryland landmarks
Houses in Howard County, Maryland
Buildings and structures in Ellicott City, Maryland
Slave cabins and quarters in the United States