Garrison in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Trentham

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, 08-12-2007

1. Trentham Marker

Inscription. Named for free school of Trentham, Staffordshire, England, where Reverend Thomas Craddock had taught. When he married High Sheriff John Risteau’s daughter, this estate was her dowry. They built a house in 1746 and in 1747 he opened a boy’s boarding school there. The original house, damaged by fire in 1857, was rebuilt in 1860. The octagonal bathhouse dates from 1747.

Erected by Baltimore County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Education • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1746.

Location. 39° 24.071′ N, 76° 44.87′ W. Marker is in Garrison, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is on Cradock Lane half a mile Reisterstown Road (Route 140), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Owings Mills MD 21117, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Trentham Mansion (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Garrison Forest Church (approx. 1½ miles away); In Memory of William Maxwell Wood, MD (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Old Court Road (approx. 2 miles away); The Old United States Arsenal

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(approx. 2.3 miles away); Hodgepodge Lodge for a New Generation (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sudbrook Park (approx. 2.7 miles away); VFW War Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Garrison Fort (was approx. 2.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Trentham now occupied as a residence. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, 08-12-2007

2. Trentham now occupied as a residence.

Octagonal Bathhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, 08-12-2007

3. Octagonal Bathhouse

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,326 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 13, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.