History Of Snow Hill Farm
(Near Curtis Creek on Ordnance Road)
| Built in the 1750's, this
brick and stone house on Snow Hill had a commanding view of the surrounding area,
witnessing the change from quiet shoreline and open farmland to heavy industrial
operations. In a will witnessed September 11, 1777, Col. Charles Hammond, stated, "I give and devise unto my dear wife Rebecca Hammond, the use of part of a tract of land called Jackson's Chance whereon, etc., ---" In 1854 this same tract of land was deeded to the Patapsco Land Company. A Deed dated 1861 shows that this property was purchased from the Patapsco Land Company, by Daniel Stoll who had come into this country from Germany in the early 1800's. It was to remain in the Stoll family for four generations. On February 20, 1901, the third generation Stoll, John Daniel Stoll, married Stella G. Hammond, a direct descendant of Col. Charles Hammond. In 1969, in the name of progress, the State Roads Commission acquired this property from the fourth generation of Stoll's to complete the Outer Harbor Beltway. In the Spring of 1971, the house fell victim of the bulldozers and a sixty foot excavation replaced a cherished landmark with ribbons of concrete. |
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This page last updated October 13, 2009.
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