Rose Hill, also known as Chance and Wheeler Point, is a historic home located at Earleville,

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. It is the product of four major building periods: a gambrel-roofed frame structure built at the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century; a -story brick "town house" constructed on the east in 1837; and a small frame kitchen and a one-story wing built in the 1960s. Also on the property are a

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, ice house, and shed. The garden includes two of the largest

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s living in the United States. It was the home of General Thomas Marsh Forman (1756–1845), who served as a young man in the

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. Rose Hill was listed on the

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in 1974. Rose Hill CecilCo MD.JPG, Entrance in 2013

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*, including photo from 1997, Maryland Historical Trust Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses in Cecil County, Maryland Houses completed in 1837 National Register of Historic Places in Cecil County, Maryland {{CecilCountyMD-NRHP-stub