Thomas House is a historic home located at Ruthsburg,

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. It is distinguished by a stepped, two-part plan designed to represent two separate building phases and to have the appearance of a

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brick townhouse with a lower, two-story wing. It appears to have been built between 1798 and 1821. It was listed on the

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in 1976.

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*, including photo from 1968, at Maryland Historical Trust * Houses in Queen Anne's County, Maryland Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Houses completed in 1798 Federal architecture in Maryland Historic American Buildings Survey in Maryland National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland {{QueenAnnesCountyMD-NRHP-stub