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Broadlands bred Jersey cattle were among the best available in the United States and were highly prized by dairies and other breeders. Hoagland Gates shipped his cows to shows and exhibitions all across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West.

Hoagland Gates’ father, Charles Otis Gates, was the President of the Royal Baking Soda Company. The company had been cofounded by Hoagland’s grandfather, Cornelius Nevens Hoagland in 1866 and was the source of the family’s fortune.

In 1928, Hoagland Gates formalized his cattle breeding and sales activities in the form of a company named Broadlands Jerseys, Incorporated. This was one year before he actually purchased the first parcel of the land that would become Broadlands…

Ultimately three generations of the Gates family were involved tending the herd at Broadlands Farm. This photograph shows three year old Phyillis Copley, Hoagland Gates’ granddaughter, stroking the muzzle of a champion cow at a Jersey cattle show in…

This oblique aerial photograph of Broadlands Farm taken during the 1970’s. Although the surrounding farmland began to be rented to other farmers as early as the late 1950’s, Hoagland Gates’ widow Margaret continued, with the help of her daughters and…

After it was no longer actively used to support the dairy herd, the old barn at Broadlands was used by the Gates family for barn dances and other gatherings.

A 1905 advertisement for the Lorillard Refrigerator Company featured Peacock Point, the county estate of Hoagland Gates’ father, Charles Otis Gates. Constructed in 1902, the expansive Tudor Revival style residence was designed by the New York…

The large bank barn at Broadlands served as the centerpiece of the farm’s agricultural life. The impressive building was constructed by Benjamin Bowen prior to 1855.

Hoagland Gates during the later years of his life. This photograph was probably taken during the late 1930’s or early 1940’s when Hoagland was in his early 50’s and already suffering from the advanced stages of tuberculosis.

In July of 1855, Benjamin Bowen placed this advertisement in the Elkton Democrat offering his 140 acre farm for sale. Bowen was ultimately unsuccessful in finding a buyer.