Kings Contrivance is located on historic land originally granted by one of the Lords Baltimore in 1730, to the Reverend James Macgill, one of the first Episcopal ministers in the Province of Maryland. A residence was built in the 18th century, burned down and was rebuilt in the 19th century. The boyhood home of Howard County Circuit Court Judge James Macgill, it was converted to a restaurant in 1962. The restaurant gave the village its name. Macgill's Common, the first village neighborhood, was named for the Reverend Macgill on whose farm it rests. Reverend Macgill was the first rector of Christ Church located on Oakland Mills Road. The streets take their names from "The Folk Songs of North America," compiled by Alan Lomax. The street names in Huntington are taken from the works of Carl Sandburg. Dickinson is the first neighborhood in Columbia named for a woman, American poet Emily Dickinson. The street names in Dickinson are taken from the work of Emily Dickinson. Amherst House, the community center located in Dickinson, was named for Amherst, Mass., the home of Emily Dickinson.