The Historic Boyd Home place
Lake Headquarters
The Lake Headquarters site and building was acquired from the family heirs of the James David (Jim) Boyd family. The property came into the Boyd family in 1859 as a portion of a purchase deeded to Jim’s father, John Gaston Boyd and his and his father in law, W.P. Gardner. The land remained in the Boyd family until it was purchased by the Carroll County Watershed Authority in 2007 as part of the lake acquisition with the homestead becoming the Headquarters for the project.
Jim Boyd was deeded the property from his father in 1894, with the property becoming the home of Jim Boyd and his wife, Vandia Allen Boyd. The home originally consisted of a two-room log dwelling that was later added onto to accommodate the needs for their large family of six boys and three girls.
