Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland)

Retreat
Location Maryland Route 484/Poor House Rd. and Maryland Route 6, Port Tobacco, Maryland
Coordinates 38°30′38″N 77°2′48″W / 38.51056°N 77.04667°W / 38.51056; -77.04667Coordinates: 38°30′38″N 77°2′48″W / 38.51056°N 77.04667°W / 38.51056; -77.04667
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Built 1770 (1770)
Architectural style Colonial
NRHP Reference # 88000222[1]
Added to NRHP June 28, 1988

Retreat is a historic home located at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, United States. It is a one story, clapboard-sheathed, frame house with a double chimney. The principal part of the house was built about 1770. Also located on the property is a frame, pyramid-roofed meathouse, dating from the early 19th century, and moved here from another historic property in the county known as "Brentland" in 1953. The home, approached by a private gravel road, is surrounded by cultivated fields, meadows, and woodland, preserving its original agricultural and rural setting. The house is one of the earliest known examples of the side-passage, two-room dwelling in Charles County. It is associated with Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer and Daniel Jenifer.[2]

Retreat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ J. Richard Rivoire (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Retreat" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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