Historic Significance: This stone building is located on what was once the 21,252-acre farm of Judge Thomas Beale Dorsey, a well known lawyer in Howard County and Chief Justice at Annapolis in the early 1800's. Judge Dorsey was instrumental in the Howard District's becoming a county in 1851. Howard County Planning and Zoning along with Maryland Historic Trust have documented that the barn at one time was used as a slave quarters.

Threat: Development and Demolition

T his beautiful early 1800’s stone structure lies in the heart of a future residential development and the County is in search of a preservation buyer to restore it as a unique residence on site, or to dismantle the barn and move it to a new location. Time is quickly running out, however, and the alternative to preservation is demolition. The beautiful hand construction of this structure is a fine example of early stone mason craftsmanship.