Daffin House is a historic home located at Hillsboro, Caroline County, Maryland, United States. It is a large, 2½-story brick structure built about 1780. Attached is a two-part, 1½-story Flemish bond brick wing built in 1760, with a dormered gable roof. It was constructed by Charles Daffin who received a patent for the land in 1784 under the name of Daffin's Farm.[2]
Daffin House | |
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| Location | 3 miles south of Hillsboro on Deep Branch Rd., Hillsboro, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°52′31″N 75°55′47″W / 38.87528°N 75.92972°W |
| Area | 82 acres (33 ha) |
| Built | 1760 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000873[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 21, 1975 |
Future president Andrew Jackson met Charles Dickinson here in 1796. Jackson would later kill Dickinson in a duel at Adairville, Kentucky.
Daffin House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ J. Richard Rivoire and Pamela James (December 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Daffin House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
edit- Daffin House, Caroline County, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust