Built 1770 (1770) Opened 1770 Architectural style American Colonial | NRHP Reference # 88000222 Area 12 ha Added to NRHP 28 June 1988 | |
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Location Maryland Route 484/Poor House Rd. and Maryland Route 6, 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.