The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-12-26
FARMS OF CARROLL.
Written for the Democratic Advocate.
ANTRIM.
The Residence of H. M. Clabaugh

The Residence of II. M. Clabaugh.
This fine estate has long been considered
one of the most desirable in Carroll county.
1t comprises, at the present time, 42O
acres, and is located adjacent to Taneytown,
one of the most fourishing villages In
Carroll, and the centre Of an active and
ever-increasing trade, necessitating the en-
largement of its boundaries with each sue
cessive year, to keep pace with the demands
of a growing population, incident to the
completion of the Frederick and Pennsyl-
vania Line Railroad, which passes through
the town and through portion of the An
trim estate The principal part of the new
section of Taneytown belonged to this es-
tate before being built on.
Antrim was originally settled by Joseph
McKaleb, who emigrated from county An
trim, Ireland, before the Revolutionary
war, about the year 1870. He lived in
the old stone house originally erected upon
the property until his death in 1903, when
it descended to one of his sons, Major John
McKaleb, then an enterprising merchant in
Taneytown, and who subsequently became
the owner of large landed estate in fancy
town district. At his death, which oc-
CURED in 1943, it was inherited by one Of
his daughters, the wife of Major Andrew
g. Eye, who erected the present elegant
mansion in 1S46-1847, together with many
outbuildings of size and quality rarely
seen upon country estates. In 1850, on
the removal of Major Eye to Kansas, then
a vast unoccupied prairie, he sold the An
trim estate to Col. James Piper, Of Balti-
more city, who, after occupying it for sew
eral years, disposed of it to Mr.. Maddox,
for the sum of $4,000. He, in turn, sold
it to Mr.. Horatio NJ. Gambrill, of Balti-
more city, by whom it was sold to the late
George W. Clabaugh, the father of Mr. II.
NJ Clabaugh, the present owner and occu-
pant, in 1873. Two good roads run through
the property, one from Westminster and
the other from Uniontown. In addition
to the home residence, there is large
house and barn on another portion of the
estate. There are three good tenant houses
on the place, one of brick, one of stone and
one of frame, with large bank barn to
each, so that the property could be very
readily divided into three fine farms OF
convenient size and location, with ample
buildings for all of them. Sundry improve
ments and additions were made to the pro-
perty by Mr. Geo. W. Clabaugh, at cost
of about $4,000. This property was Wis
tied by Mr. VIM. Dallas, with the view to
purchasing the same, before he bought
Trevanion from Mr.. Geo. Kephart, but the
price at which it was held, $50, 900, de-
cided him to buy the Kephart property at
$4,000. Mr. Dallas subsequently made
additions and improvements upon the KEEP
hart property, which made it cost him
nearly if not quite as much as he would
have had to pay for Antrim.
The location of Antrim is one of sur
passing beauty and loneliness. 1t is sit
uated in the midst of an extended plateau
or table land, on an eminence or gently
rising ground overlooking all the surround
ing country, and commanding fine view
of the mountains in the distance, and of
the beautiful and thriving village of fancy
town.. which derives its name from the
fancy family, of which Hon. Roger B.
fancy, one of Marylands most distin-
guished jurists, is descendant. The man.
sion house is built of brick, and is of very
stately and imposing appearance, the main
building being so feet square, three stories
high the walls 22 inches thick, and sur
rounded by broad verandah reaching to
the second story. The back building, CIV
ing to the property an L shape, is two
stories high, go feet long by 40 feet in
width, with a verandah extending the whole
length. The ceilings of the main building
are Is feet high. It is divided into four
rooms on floor by hall II feet wide.
The mansion is surmounted by handsome
cupoIa, ten feet square, enclosed by glass,
from which the view of the surrounding
country reveals one of the finest landscapes