In 1874, it was renamed in honor of W. E. Delaplane,[1] a prominent businessman who generously restored operations at the local general store that faltered in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

Patton was Master of Foxhounds until his military transfer to Hawaii in 1935, and the club was disbanded ten years later upon receiving news of his untimely death in Heidelberg, Germany.

The tract's previous owner, the late Sir Robert Hadow, was a Consul General from Great Britain and originally named the parcel Skye Farm after the island in Scotland which the area reminded him of.

Delaplane's proximity to Washington, D.C., along with a remarkably well preserved agricultural heritage dating back to the 19th century, gave rise to numerous and expansive country estates.

Many of these are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places such as Mount Bleak House, Moreland, Oak Hill (an early home of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States),[2] Ashleigh, Belle Grove, and Woodside.