Friends of Sherwood HouseFriends Of Sherwood House have note cards for sale to raise money for the upkeep of our beautiful 1935 English Manor style mansion. Entitled “Images of Cromwell Valley Park” by James Welms, each packet of cards contains 10 photos taken around the Park and printed on 38lb. acid free paper. Sherwood House, Merrick House, Merrick Barn, Eck House, Whitetail Deer and Red Fox Kits are some of the images. Please support our efforts! Price is $14 and they make a great gift, or just buy them for your own notes to show all your friends why you are so enthusiastic about CVP! Call us 410-887-2503 for more details.Do you have any suggestions toenhance the Sherwood House? We invite you to our next meeting. Pleasecall the Park office for more details about our next volunteeractivity.  Friends of Sherwood�s mission is to preserve and maintain the beautyand character of this unique baltimore county treasure. We invite youto browse and check out books from the shelves of the Arthur W.Sherwood Reading Room. Located in the Sherwood House, the libraryoffers books on natural history, gardening, plants, insects, biologyand ecology for both children and adults. Call the Park Office at410-887-2503 for hours. Mission Statement
About the Sherwood House The unique Sherwood House was constructed in 1935 for Mr. Donald HenrySherwood (1898-1989) and his wife, Frances Wellington Sherwood(1899-1992), at an approximate cost of $37,000. The English manor stylemansion was built by Palmer and Lambdin builders and has 27 rooms,including five bedroom suites, eight bathrooms, five fireplaces, andliving quarters for up to four servants. The 108� x 94� house�s stonewalls are 18� thick. There are 28 windows on the first floor and 34 onthe second. The push button on the wall in each of the rooms in theliving quarters was used to summon the servants. The house was heatedwith a boiler to service the radiant heating system. About Mr. Sherwood Donald Sherwood went to work at an early age for his brother-in-law,Arthur Gregg Wellington, president and founder of the Maryland CarWheel Company, a manufacturer of railroad car wheels. The company principally supplied the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad withwheels until Mr. Sherwood liquidated the company following WWII,investing as majority stockholder in Ellicott Machine Company. Aworldwide supplier of dredges and dredge machinery, Ellicott MachineCompany, and its subsidiary, McCauway-Failey, a manufacturer ofrailroad coupling and other parts, are still in business as of 1995. In his later years, Donald Sherwood and his neighbor to the East,Robert Merrick, planned a residential development to be located on theadjoining farms. The New Nature Reading Room Come and visit the new Arthur W. Sherwood Nature Reading Room! It wasdedicated on Sunday, April 13th, 2003, and offers an extensivecollection of books on natural history, gardening, plants, insects,biology, ecology, and of course, books about the Chesapeake Bay. It isour sincere hope that the Arthur W. Sherwood Nature Reading Room willcontinue to inspire and educate the citizens of Baltimore, just asArthur inspired so many people to become stewards of the environment. Our thanks to the Friends of Sherwood, who worked so hard to makeeverything just right: Sandy and Pat Dolan, Nadia Farace, DarleneJones, and Kay Ruppersberger. Leo Rebetsky and Susan Dorsey alsodeserve thanks for all their help getting ready for the dedicationceremony. Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger was the Master of Ceremonies.He thanked the Family Support Foundation for their generous grant tomake the Reading Room a reality. He also thanked Mr. Jim Fish, Directorof Baltimore County Public Libraries, for coordinating the acquisitionof books; and artist Henry Coe, whose artwork now hangs in the SherwoodRoom. Mrs. Arthur (Sue) Sherwood was guest of honor and spoke about herlate husband�s vision for a Nature Reading Room, and of his work infounding the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. We were very pleased to be joined by so many distinguished guests. |