Rehoboth, also known as Turpin Place or Lee Mansion, is a historic home located at Eldorado, Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Flemish bond brick house. A chimney rises flush with the one gable end, and a 1+1⁄2-story frame kitchen wing is attached to the other end. The interior of the house was gutted by fire in October 1916, and rebuilt. It was the family home of the second elected Governor of Maryland, Thomas Sim Lee.[2]
Rehoboth | |
 Rehoboth, HABS Photo, 1933 | |
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| Location | W side of Punkum Rd., Eldorado, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°35′14″N 75°47′48″W / 38.58722°N 75.79667°W |
| Area | 16 acres (6.5 ha) |
| Built | 1783 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000577[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 9, 1972 |
Rehoboth was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Mrs. Preston Parish (January 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rehoboth" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
edit- Rehoboth, Dorchester County, including photo from 1968, at Maryland Historical Trust
- Rehoboth, Punkum Road, Eldorado, Dorchester County, MD: 2 photos and 6 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey