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COMMUNITY HISTORY
Warfield's Range is named after the original Warfields who lived in the
Howard District of Anne Arundel County in the 1600s.
THE SETTLEMENT
Warfield’s Range Property 1694-1983: A History
Richard Warfield, an English immigrant, was one of the great landowners in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in the new United States. He held several large tracts of land in present-day Anne Arundel County. One of those was in upper Anne Arundel County, which became Howard County in 1851, and was called Warfield’s Range, a 1,080-acre tract patented by himself and his son in 1694. In his will dated 1703, Richard left a 150-acre section of Warfield’s Range to his daughter, Rachel, and her husband, George Yates. After Rachel’s death in 1709, George sold the land to John Warfield. The first structure built on this section of land was a cabin constructed as early as 1696 which may have been a settler’s house. It is conjectured that the first part of the house which still exists on the land was built by a tenant farmer between 1703 and 1709.
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THE CABIN
According to the Maryland Historical Trust sites survey, the cabin may have been a settler's house built as early as 1696.
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The original cabin was one room with a loft that featured 14-inch wood floor planks. The second section, also a single room and loft, was built around 1845 when the land was owned by prominent Baltimore physician, Dr. Thomas Worthington.
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The cabin is most significant for its historic value. Researched by the upper Patuxent Archeological Group, 19th and early 20th century fragments of redware, whiteware and blue and white transfer print pearlware (circa 1710-1820) were found. In addition, a buckle, machine cut and wire nails, and an Eagle pencil with a clasp eraser patented July 20, 1886 were discovered.
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THE HOUSE
It's conjectured that the first part of the three-story white frame house (the kitchen area) was built by a tenant farmer between 1703 and 1709 when Rachel and George Yates owned the land.
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The first frame addition was made around 1709 when John Warfield and his wife, Rachel owned it, and as second addition was made in 1845 when Thomas Chew Worthington acquired the property. During Dr. Worthington's lifetime, he acquired an additional four pieces of land that consisted of eleven acres. In 1900, the property was conveyed from the Worthington family to James Baxley and his wife Ella for $2,600.
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In 1920, the property was assigned to the Citizens National Bank of Laurel. In June, 1937 George Daniel became the new property owner.
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