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Elmonte, also known as Twilford, is a historic home located at Ellicott City, Howard County,
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. It is a -story country house, built of random ashlar granite in the Italian villa style, and is thought to have been completed in 1858. To the rear of the mansion is a
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ed carriage house with a two-car garage. East of the house is a large wooden barn with a slate roof and a log
smokehouse A smokehouse (North American) or smokery (British) is a building where meat or fish is curing (food preservation), cured with Smoking (cooking), smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.Dorsey Hall. Elmonte was listed on the
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in 1978.


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*, including photo from 2001, at Maryland Historical Trust Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Howard County, Maryland landmarks Houses in Howard County, Maryland Buildings and structures in Ellicott City, Maryland Houses completed in 1858 National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Maryland {{HowardCountyMD-NRHP-stub