Artifacts About And Of Former Owners

Catalog of Contents in A Folder Held at
Howard County Historical Society

Owners before 1960.

Handwritten note. Undated.  Author unknown.

Handwritten note card. Undated.  Author unknown.

Deeded to Henry Pue by Hill Dorsey 1810

Long called “The Poland Farm”

An Inn-legend. 

Source John & Lewis Clark. 

1960-1976. Owners Robert and Charolette Hartkopf. 

Colonial House Restored. By Lowell E. Sunderland. 

The Sun 3.2.1966, p. B1.

The ‘Wayside Inn’

The Ellicott City Bicentennial Journal. Summer-Fall 1972, p. 17-A. 

At that time, it was the Hartkopfs' private residence. 

Lights In The Windows Signal House’s History. 

The Evening Sun. 4.11.1975, p. B1. Author unknown.

Candles In Windows. 
Times-Catonsville. 9.18.1975.
Mentions the Hartkopfs bought in 1960.

The Cover: Candles and Custom
The Sun Magazine. 12.28.1975.
Mentions 35 windows. 

Location Survey and floor plan. 3.23.1976

For Sale poster. Undated. Has “Historic House” marker. Believed to be at the end of Hartkopf ownership. Circa 1976. 

1976-1981. Owners Joseph and Cheryl Gerard.

Wayside by Candlelight. By Elaine Cox. 
Source unknown. Undated. Circa 1976.  

Efforts to convert to law offices.

By Michael J. Clark. The Sun, 8.28.1977, p. B6. 

Historic house may become law offices. 
Howard County News. 10.5.1977, p. 9A. 
Timothy Welsh wanted to lease the building for law offices. Attorney Thomas Lloyd represented Welsh. Likely failed. 

18th Century inn now a 20th Century dream. By June Maynard Harris. 
Howard Sun. Undated, pp. 1 and 4. Circa early 1981.

1981-1998. Owners Robert and Margo Osantowski. 

Bought for $170k. 

Bed-and-breakfast operation proposed at inn in Ellicott City. 

By Michael J. Clark. 
Baltimore Sun. 11.19.1987, p. 8E. 

Wayside Inn brochures during the Osantowskis ownership. Undated. 

On a windy day, an oak gets new life. 
The Howard County Times. 4.12.1990, p.33. 

By The Wayside. By Eddie Nickens. 

Mid-Atlantic Country. April 1991, pp. 36, 37, 78. 

Pilgrimage to put Wayside Inn back on beaten path. By Patrick L. Hickerson. 
Howard County Sun. 4.28.1991, p. 18. 

Brochure dated January 1, 1997.

The Wayside Inn. By Janet Kusterer. Ellicott City. 6.25.1998, pp. 5-6.
On way for sale. 

1998-2018. Owners David & Susan Balderson. 

Bought for $400k.

Didn’t catalog materials during the Baldersons. Too recent.