Pomfret Plantation

Pomfret Plantation is a historic residential and agricultural property in Marion, Somerset County, Maryland, United States. It is not documented as a commercial consumer brand, operating company, or currently marketed product line. The name refers to a historic plantation complex whose principal surviving building is a two-story, four-room-plan frame house with a gable roof, constructed approximately between 1810 and 1830. A two-story hyphen connects the main block to an early nineteenth-century kitchen wing, illustrating the incremental domestic and service arrangements common to historic rural properties of the period. The property is also associated with a post-Civil War frame tenant house and a nineteenth-century cemetery belonging to the Coulbourne family. The Coulbourne family and their descendants held the property for nine continuous generations, beginning with William Coulbourne in 1663. Their ownership ended when the farm was sold in 1921. This long period of family ownership provides the principal historical significance of Pomfret Plantation, linking the surviving buildings and landscape to several generations of local agricultural and family history. Pomfret Plantation was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The listing recognizes the site as a historic resource rather than as a commercial brand. Available reference material does not establish a founder in the modern business sense, a corporate owner, a product portfolio, a website, financial performance, executives, advertising campaigns, or present-day commercial operations. Its contemporary significance is therefore primarily architectural, genealogical, and historic-preservation related.

Pomfret Plantation is a historic property in Marion, Somerset County, Maryland. Its documented history begins with William Coulbourne, who acquired or established the associated farm in 1663. The Coulbourne family and their descendants retained the property through nine successive generations, making the site notable for the continuity of family ownership across the colonial, early national, and nineteenth-century periods. The available historical record identifies the property primarily as a farm and family homestead rather than as a commercial enterprise. The principal house was built between 1810 and 1830. It is a two-story, frame dwelling organized on a four-room plan and covered by a gable roof. The building was developed with a separate early nineteenth-century kitchen wing, later connected to the main block by a two-story hyphen. This arrangement preserves evidence of changing domestic organization and the relationship between the principal living quarters and service spaces in a rural Maryland property. Other contributing features include a frame tenant house dating from after the Civil War and a nineteenth-century cemetery associated with the Coulbourne family. Together, these structures and the cemetery convey more than the history of a single residence: they document the operation of an agricultural estate, the presence of tenant housing, and the family network connected to the land. The continued association of the property with the Coulbourne family for nine generations is a central element of its historical identity. The farm remained in Coulbourne family hands until its sale in 1921. Pomfret Plantation was subsequently recognized through its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. That designation places the property within the United States historic-preservation framework and confirms its architectural and historical importance. Reference material does not provide evidence of later commercial branding, corporate administration, product sales, or organized promotional campaigns. Accordingly, Pomfret Plantation is best cataloged as a historic property name rather than as an operating brand.

• 1984

  National Register of Historic Places listing

  [1]Pomfret Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  Pomfret Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its architectural and historical significance.

• 1921

  Farm leaves Coulbourne family ownership

  [1]Pomfret Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The farm was sold after nine continuous generations of ownership by the Coulbourne family and their descendants.

• 1830

  Main house construction period concludes

  [1]Pomfret Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The approximate construction period for the principal gable-roofed frame house ends around 1830.

• 1810

  Construction period for the main house begins

  [1]Pomfret Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  The surviving two-story, four-room-plan frame house is believed to have been constructed during the period from approximately 1810 to 1830.

• 1663

  Coulbourne family association begins

  [1]Pomfret Plantationen.wikipedia.org

  William Coulbourne is identified as the beginning of the nine-generation Coulbourne family ownership and association with the Pomfret Plantation property.

Historic plantation house and agricultural property; no documented commercial brand positioning.

1. 1Pomfret Plantationen.wikipedia.org