Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin neman 'yancin Amurka (1775<unk>1783), an yi amfani da gine-gine da filayen don gidajen Birtaniya
da fursunonin yaƙi na Jamus. An yi amfani da sansanin soja a cikin karni na 19 ciki har da kayan aiki na jihar, da kuma asibitin soja bayan yakin Kudancin Mountain da kuma yakin Antietam a watan Satumba na 1862. Filin wasan kwaikwayon ya kasance a matsayin filin wasan kwaikwayo na aikin gona daga 1853 zuwa 1860. A shekara ta 1867, an zaba shi a matsayin wurin da Maryland Institution for Deaf and Dumb (a halin yanzu Maryland School for Deaf). An rushe ginin barikin yamma a cikin 1871 don gina sabon tsarin Victorian babban ginin makarantar tsakiya, wanda kuma aka rushe shi a ƙarshen shekarun 1960, kuma an maye gurbinsa da gidajen tubali.