It split and half and fell in 2019, due to internal decay that caused its trunk to become unstable.

that General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette passed by the oak tree in 1781 with his troops while en route to Elkridge during the Revolutionary War.

[1] When the highway interchange was being constructed in the 1950s, the government found Native American artifacts surrounding the tree.

[5] Located on Maryland State Highway Administration property and surrounded by interstate freeways and ramps, the tree was inaccessible to the general public.

[1] A plaque on the fence reads: THE ARBUTUS OAK / DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF ARBUTUS AND HALETHORPE / 1972 / SPONSORED BY THE LIONS CLUB OF ARBUTUS / ESTIMATED TO BE 300 YEARS OLD IN 1990Emanuel Wade, the original landowner of the area on which the tree stood, is buried in the vicinity of the tree; his gravestone was moved from its original location to inside the fence that surrounded the tree.