Retreat

Retreat
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	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
Built:	1770
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style:	Colonial
Governing body:	Private
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

External links

• Retreat, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust

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