The Shipley House was located in Alpha, Howard County, Maryland, near Marriottsville.

John Taylor acquired the land and 2,707 acres (1,095 ha) of the estate were sold to Phillip Hammond in 1744.

[1] The farm was purchased by Howard County in 1979 as possible expansion space for the controversial Alpha Ridge Landfill project.

In August 1992, the firm of Goodwin and Associates determined that the deterioration that occurred in twelve years of ownership by Howard County negated any effort to preserve the property.

The land was converted to the Alpha Ridge Community Park in 1994, demolishing the Shipley House and outbuildings to replace them with a complex of revenue generating ball fields and facilities.