The Warington Tobacco Barn (01-10)

Historical narrative

Constructed in about 1850, the tobacco barn was named after Richard Marsham Waring, who was an early owner of the property, which included what was to become Mitchellville's Enterprise Farm as part of the holdings. The family is still interned in a cemetery on the property. The barn, which was located southwest of the entrance to Enterprise Farm, had deteriorated over the years until it was destroyed by a storm in early 2008. Today, there are no above-ground remnants of the tobacco barn.

Watercolor

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