Worthington's Quarters

Worthington's Quarters, White Hall, Iris Hill
Worthington's Quarters, White Hall, Iris Hill
	Location of Worthington's Quarters, White Hall, Iris Hill in Maryland
Nearest city	Columbia, Maryland
Coordinates	39°10′30″N 76°48′00″W / 39.17500°N 76.80000°W
Built	1755
Architectural style(s)	Stone

Worthington's Quarters, White Hall, Glen Burnie, Iris Hill, is a historic plantation complex in Columbia in Howard County, Maryland, United States.

The stucco-covered brick

plantation house resides on a 150-acre tract, "Wincopin Neck", surveyed for Richard and Benjamin Warfield. The land tract "Worthington's Addition" was also considered part of the estate when started as early as 1710.^[1] Richard Warfiled II (??-1755) hired out the property (called "Warfield's Contrivance") and house to Alexander Warfield and Elizabeth Ridgely in 1755, who had opened and operated a mill in 1750, downstream from the site at Guilford, Maryland. Rezin and Honor (Howard) Warfield lived onsite next. Their daughter Anne Warfield and Revolutionary War Major Richard Lawrance settled there next, calling the manor "White Hall". Dr. Charles Griffith Worthington purchased the lands and manor, passing it to his son Brice Worthington, and later his nephew Dr. William Henry Worthington (1812-1886). By 1858, five generations of the family were buried in the onsite family graveyard.^[2]

The site is located along the Middle Patuxent River, which once stood two bridges leading to Laurel. In 1936, the vacant estate was known as the Hegemen House.[3] Most of the buildings on the property have disappeared.^[4] The original site of the complex is located on Weather Worn Way, where many private homes and apartments, as well as Dickinson Park, now stand. In 1936, it was nominated to be part of the Maryland Historic Trust, at which time it was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ireton, though the nomination also makes reference to "[Worthington's Quarters] present owner Henry J.W. Sieling."^[5]

References

^ Stein, Charles Francis (1972). Origin and History of Howard County Maryland (First ed.). Charles Francis Stein, Jr. p. 255.
^ Joshua Dorsey Warfield. The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. p. 369.
^ "Worthington's Quarters" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2014.
^ "Worthington Property Hike – Granite Historical Society". Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ "Worthington's Quarters" (PDF) Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[1] Stein, Charles Francis (1972). Origin and History of Howard County Maryland (First ed.). Charles Francis Stein, Jr. p. 255.

[2] Joshua Dorsey Warfield. The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. p. 369.

[3] "Worthington's Quarters" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2014.

[4] "Worthington Property Hike – Granite Historical Society". Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[5] "Worthington's Quarters" (PDF) Retrieved 19 April 2025.

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