Elmonte, also known as Twilford, is a historic home located at Ellicott City

Ellicott City, Maryland

Ellicott City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The population was 65,834 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Howard County...

, Howard County

Howard County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It is a -story country house, built of random ashlar granite in the Italian villa style, and is thought to have been completed in 1858. To the rear of the mansion is a stucco

Stucco

Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...

ed carriage house with a two-car garage. East of the house is a large wooden barn with a slate roof and a log smokehouse

Smokehouse

A smokehouse is a building where meat or fish is cured with smoke. The finished product might be stored in the building, sometimes for a year or more.-History:...

. The home was built by a member of the Dorsey family, who also built nearby Dorsey Hall

Dorsey Hall

Dorsey Hall, is a historic home located in the Columbia community of unincorporated Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is a six-by-one-bay, -story stucco structure with a gable roof covered with asphalt shingles...

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Elmonte was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1978.

External links

• Elmonte, Howard County, including photo from 2001, at Maryland Historical Trust