Rock Clift

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Rock Clift
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LocationDiscovery Drive, Matthews, Maryland
Coordinates 38°48′12″N75°56′37″W / 38.80333°N 75.94361°W / 38.80333; -75.94361 Coordinates: 38°48′12″N75°56′37″W / 38.80333°N 75.94361°W / 38.80333; -75.94361
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1785 (1785)
NRHP reference No. 80001837 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 30, 1980

Rock Clift, or High Banks, is a historic home at Matthews, Talbot County, Maryland, United States. It is a two-story, three-bay Flemish bond brick house with dormers and has a one-story four-bay frame addition that was built in two sections. The brick house appears to date from about the 1780s. [2]

Rock Clift was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael Bourne and L. Court Stevenson (December 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rock Clift" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.