Jacob and Hannah Leverton House, also known as the Dyott Farm, is a historic home located at
Linchester, near
Preston
Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to:
Places
England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
**The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement
**County Boro ...
, in
Caroline County,
Maryland, United States. It is a two-story side-passage-plan brick house with a gable roof constructed in the first quarter of the 19th century. A two-bay, two-story frame wing was built in 1968 to replace the original -story wing. It was the home of Jacob and Hannah Leverton, Quakers, who were agents of the
Underground Railroad.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
References
External links
*, at Maryland Historical Trust
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
Federal architecture in Maryland
Houses completed in 1820
Houses in Caroline County, Maryland
Houses on the Underground Railroad
National Register of Historic Places in Caroline County, Maryland
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