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

Sudbrook Park

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007

1. Sudbrook Park Marker

Inscription. Early romantic suburb designed in 1889 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., father of landscape architecture in America. On 204 acres of James Howard McHenry’s “Sudbrook” estate. Olmsted designed a naturalistic landscape with curvilinear roads intersecting at triangular islands. In an early application of comprehensive land-use regulation, lots were sold subject to 16 restrictions suggested by Olmsted. Not surviving are 2 original cottages, the Western Maryland Railway Station, a hotel, a livery stable, and a 9-hole golf course added in 1898.

Erected 1998 by A National Register and Baltimore County Historic District Maryland Historical Trust Maryland State Highway Administration.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Landmarks • Political Subdivisions • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1889.

Location. 39° 21.919′ N, 76° 43.748′ W. Marker is in Pikesville, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is at the intersection of Upland Road and Cliveden Road on Upland Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pikesville MD 21208, 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

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flies: The Old United States Arsenal (approx. ¾ mile away); 7-Mile Marker (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Old Court Road (approx. 0.8 miles away); Quarry Lake at Greenspring (approx. 2.4 miles away); History of The Greenspring Quarry (approx. 2.4 miles away); Trentham (approx. 2.7 miles away); Trentham Mansion (approx. 2.7 miles away); Gwynn Oak Park and the Civil Rights Movement (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pikesville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. The Garrison Fort (was approx. 2.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Sudbrook home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007

2. Sudbrook home

A Sudbrook home image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007

3. A Sudbrook home

Photographed by William Pfingsten, September 3, 2007

4. A Sudbrook home

Credits. This page was last revised on December 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,781 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 3, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.