Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland)
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.Retreat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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Poorhouse Road,
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N 38.510555555556 ° | E -77.046666666667 ° |
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Poorhouse Road
Poorhouse Road
20646
Maryland, United States
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