Dorsey Hall

Dorsey Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Dorsey Hall, January 2011
Location	5100 Dorsey Hall Dr., Columbia, Maryland
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	01001374
Added to NRHP	December 28, 2001

Dorsey Hall is a historic home located in the Columbia community of unincorporated Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is a six-by-one-bay, 2+1⁄2-story stucco structure with a gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. It is a well-preserved and detailed example of the vernacular dwellings of the early 19th century in Howard County and associated with the Dorsey family, one of the "first families" of the county.

The family's name was used in the name "Dorsey's Search" for the surrounding residential neighborhood when the community of Columbia was planned. It now stands at the entrance to a business park (comprising mostly medical offices) at 5100 Dorsey Hall Drive, the architecture of which is compatible with the building. However, although it forms an imposing image, it has no signage or other identification and is not open to the public. The confusion is amplified by the adjacent business park at 5010 Dorsey Hall Drive, which bears a sign naming itself the "Dorsey Hall Business Park."

Just north of Maryland Route 108, Dorsey Hall is technically at the southern edge of unincorporated Ellicott City, Maryland, rather than the northern edge of Columbia.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

External links

• Dorsey Hall, Howard County, including photo from 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust