Linwood Center

{{Short description|House in Maryland, US}}

{{Infobox historic site| name =Linwood

| image = Linnwood Ellicott City MD Jan 11.JPG

| caption = Linwood Manor in 2011

| location= 3421 Martha Bush Drive Ellicott City, Maryland

| coordinates = {{coord|39|20|10|N|76|45|14|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Maryland

| built = 1840

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| area = {{convert|3|acre}}

| governing_body = Private

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Linwood is a historic home located at Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, United States.{{cite web|title=HO 193 Linwood Children's Center|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/015000/015700/015765/pdf/msa_se5_15765.pdf|accessdate=16 July 2014}} The seventeen room brick house was built by slave labor in the early 1800s.{{cite book|title=Seeking Freedom The History of the Underground Railroad in Howard County|page=69}} Portions of the farm were subdivided into several 3-5 acre lots in the late 1800s, with strict setbacks and provisions to maintain the neighborhood, including banning stores and outbuildings. Keeping the neighborhood character protected is still an issue in present times, with development proposals in 2015.{{cite news|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|title=Plan for 13 houses could 'erode' treasured historic Ellicott City, residents say|date=17 May 2016|author=Fatimaah Waseem}}

The Linwood Center was opened in 1955 by Jeanne M. Simmons as the Linwood Center for Disturbed Children, with 14 day care students and 10 residents. Children stayed for an average of three years of treatment.{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|date=31 March 1965|title=Linwood Center for Disturbed Children}} In 2012 the center built a $6.5 million expansion to increase autism services to 70 children. The Howard County School System reduced its autism expenses by outsourcing to Linwood with the expansion, contributing $925,000 to complete the project.{{cite web|title=County Executive Ulman and Linwood Center Announce New School Construction for Autism Program |url=http://www.howardcountymd.gov/News091212b.htm |accessdate=16 July 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140718021948/http://www.howardcountymd.gov/News091212b.htm |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}