Daffin House

Daffin House
Daffin House is located in Maryland
Daffin House
Daffin House is located in the United States
Daffin House
Location3 miles south of Hillsboro on Deep Branch Rd., Hillsboro, Maryland
Coordinates38°52′31″N 75°55′47″W / 38.87528°N 75.92972°W / 38.87528; -75.92972
Area82 acres (33 ha)
Built1760 (1760)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.75000873[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1975

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ J. Richard Rivoire and Pamela James (December 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Daffin House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.