Retreat_(Port_Tobacco,_Maryland)

Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland)

Retreat (Port Tobacco, Maryland)

Historic house in Maryland, United States

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]

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

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    J. Richard Rivoire (May 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Retreat" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  • Retreat, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust


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