Woodlawn

Woodlawn is a historic home built in 1840 that was once the centerpiece of a 200-acre plantation owned by farmer and prominent local figure, Henry Howard Owings. It is now occupied by a maintenance company and is located next to a modern office building. The house is significant for its combined Greek Revival and Italianate architecture and association with Owings, who, in addition to being a farmer, also served as judge of the orphan's court and as one of the county's first commissioners. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

The house is built around a frame structure erected around 1785. The walls consist of stone covered in stucco, making Woodlawn one of the oldest stone houses in the area. Greek Revival elements of the house include the square shape of the main part, the smooth stucco surface, and the simplicity of the interior. Italianate elements include the one-story porches and the modillioned cornices.

It is believed that the Thomas family built the house (around the preexisting frame structure) in 1840. Henry Howard Owings acquired the property in 1859 for $17,000 and operated it as a farm. He also owned other properties in the county including a farm in Clarksville. The grounds at Woodlawn included a meat house, corn house, wash house, milk house, two stables, a pond, slave quarters and a tenant house. Corn, oats, hay, flour were grown here and the farm also had horses and pigs. The farm was successful. At his death in 1869, Owing's will shows that the farm produced fifty barrels of corn, 200 bushels of oats, five tons of hay, one-thousand pounds of pork or bacon, and two barrels of wheat flour.

Thompson, Cleora Barnes. "Woodlawn." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. February 3, 1983. https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-731.pdf.