Sunnyside or Sunnyside Farms is a historic slave plantation home located in
Woodbine,
Howard County,
Maryland
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Sunnyside began as a log cabin built in 1800 by Capt. Banjamin Warfield of
Cherry Grove's son Joshua Warfield. In 1830, Albert Gallatin Warfield expanded the home, and a second expansion was completed in 1890 by his son Joshua Warfield.
Albert Warfield was known for generously freeing his slaves at the age of 40, albeit at a time when life expectancy was shorter. His son Joshua Warfield operated a title company, and imported
food waste
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for composting fertilizer for soil. The house later passed to Norman Hutton Warfield (1889 - 1955) who worked for the Federal Land Trust. The last Warfield heir to own the estate was the assistant states attorney for Howard County, Albert Gassaway Warfield III (-1983) who worked for Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. The farm is now known as Timberleigh Farm
See also
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Cherry Grove, HO-1
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References
Houses completed in 1800
Howard County, Maryland landmarks
Houses in Howard County, Maryland
Plantations in Maryland
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