Quietly tucked away
on 500 rolling acres of
picturesque farmland in
Montgomery County’s
Agricultural Reserve,
Tusculum Farm beckons
one to step away from
the hustle and bustle of
the city and reconnect
with a gentler pace in the
Maryland countryside.
BY MEGAN TUNCER
W
aking up in one of
its four handsomely appointed farm-
house suites, it’s hard to believe that
the Tusculum Farm property dates
back to a time before the Declaration
of Independence. Colonial furnish-
ings may have given way to flat screen
televisions and modern plumbing,
but beautifully preserved stone walls
remain standing in silent testimony
to the hundreds of years this home
has weathered.
As tradition maintains, the main
house has stood on this land since
1747, originally built by American
patriot and Justice of the Lower Court
of Frederick County, Henry Griffith.
Griffith, also a witness to the signing
of the Declaration of Independence,
originally owned about 15,000 acres
spanning Anne Arundel, Allegany, Fred-
erick and Montgomery Counties up
plenty I autumn harvest 2019
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