Old Rectory of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is a historic

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located near Perrowville,

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. It was built in 1787, and is a T-shaped frame dwelling with exterior end chimneys and a gable roof. It features a modern one bay, two-story portico supported by four fluted

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columns. From around 1828 to 1904, the house served as the rectory of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. an
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in 1973.

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