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Anne Gates with four members of the Broadlands herd in the 1940’s. Hoagland Gates raised both of his daughters, Anne and Elizabeth to take an active role in the operation of the farm.

This photograph shows Jersey cows waiting to be loaded aboard ship in the Harbor of St. Helier on the Island of Jersey. Jersey exported thousands of head of cattle. Prior to World War II, all were transported by boat. This is how Hoagland Gates would…

This image shows the herd of Jersey cows and the farmstead at the original Broadlands Farm on the Island of Jersey. Although the buildings are of stone and the peaked roofs a bit steeper, the visual similarities between this courtyard focused…

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.

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.

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…

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.