c. 1780. 226 N. Washington St.
This is the only eighteenth-century building in Havre de Grace, having survived the burning of the town by the British during the War of 1812. It was the Federal-style town house of Elizabeth Rod-gers, widow of John Rodgers, the owner and operator of two well-known taverns, one here (no longer extant) and the other, Rodgers Tavern, across the river in Perryville. They were the parents of Commodore John Rodgers Jr. of Sion Hill. While a common form in towns across Maryland, this two-and-a-half-story, three-bay Federal house is the only one of its type in Havre de Grace and the most stylish building in the commercial district.