Sion Hill

Sion Hill

Infobox_nrhp | name =Sion Hill
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= 2026 Level Road, Havre de Grace, Maryland
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 33
lat_seconds = 42
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 7
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maryland
area =
architect= Unknown
architecture= Federal, Georgian
designated = April 27, 1992cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2096&ResourceType=Building
title=Sion Hill |accessdate=2008-06-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 30, 1990cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=90000608

Sion Hill is a National Historic Landmark in Havre de Grace, Maryland, notable as an example of high-style Federal architecture and as the home a family of prominent officers of the US Navy.

Work began at Sion Hill around 1785 for the Rev. John Ireland, but progressed slowly, as the unfinished house was sold in 1795 to Gordon Denison. In 1799 the still-unfinished house passed to Denison's daughter Minerva, who was to marry Commodore John Rodgers in 1806 [cite web|url=http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1102&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx|title=Maryland Historical Trust|date=2008-06-12|work= National Register of Historic Places:Properties in Harford County|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust] . Together, they finished the house. Descendants of John and Minerva Rodgers still own the house today, and have included son John Rodgers II, who commanded ironclads in the US Civil War, Rear Admiral John Augustus Rodgers (1848-1933) and his son, naval aviator John Rodgers.

References

External links

* [http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=1102&COUNTY=Harford&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Harford Sion Hill, Harford County] , including photo in 1989, at Maryland Historical Trust
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.md0653 Sion Hill, 2026 Level Road, Havre de Grace vicinity, Harford County, MD: 4 photos, 1 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey


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