The Keys Quarters property was purchased by farmer John W. Sasscer in 1867 and was eventually conveyed to his sons Clarence D. and Thomas Reverdy Sasscer.
In preparation for his upcoming marriage in 1894, Thomas Reverdy Sasscer oversaw construction of a two-and one-half-story I-house with Queen Anne-style detail and ornamentation. After construction of the house, the property became known as "Breezy Hill."
Thomas Reverdy Sasscer was born in December 1851 in Prince George's County. He married Theresa Evalina Wallis (born 1874) of Kent County, Maryland in November 1894. The couple soon had four children: Francis Wallis, Eunice Loretta, Theresa Evalina, and Clarence DeSales. In 1917, Clarence D. Sasscer transferred his half interest in Breezy Hill to his brother Thomas Reverdy Sasscer and his wife, who had been living on the property since the construction of their house. The couple subsequently took a $5,500 mortgage on the property.
Sasscer farmed the land, utilizing his new barn for the storage and drying of tobacco. Sasscer died in March 1920 and the property was conveyed to his wife. Theresa Evalina Sasscer lived on the property until her death in 1964. Her eldest son, Francis Wallis Sasscer and his wife Kathryn Lucille Griffin Sasscer, began farming the property in 1937 when Theresa Sasscer conveyed a half interest in the property to the couple. For more than 120 years, the property remained in the Sasscer family. In 1996, the grandchildren of Thomas Reverdy and Theresa Evalina Sasscer, operating as Candy Hill Development, Inc., subdivided an 18-acre portion of the property containing the Sasscer House and outbuildings and platted the Keys Quarters Subdivision. The subdivision of the Sasscer property resulted in the separation of the Sasscer House from Sasscer Tobacco Barn.
From the Maryland Historic Trust
In preparation for his upcoming marriage in 1894, Thomas Reverdy Sasscer oversaw construction of a two-and one-half-story I-house with Queen Anne-style detail and ornamentation. After construction of the house, the property became known as "Breezy Hill."
Thomas Reverdy Sasscer was born in December 1851 in Prince George's County. He married Theresa Evalina Wallis (born 1874) of Kent County, Maryland in November 1894. The couple soon had four children: Francis Wallis, Eunice Loretta, Theresa Evalina, and Clarence DeSales. In 1917, Clarence D. Sasscer transferred his half interest in Breezy Hill to his brother Thomas Reverdy Sasscer and his wife, who had been living on the property since the construction of their house. The couple subsequently took a $5,500 mortgage on the property.
Sasscer farmed the land, utilizing his new barn for the storage and drying of tobacco. Sasscer died in March 1920 and the property was conveyed to his wife. Theresa Evalina Sasscer lived on the property until her death in 1964. Her eldest son, Francis Wallis Sasscer and his wife Kathryn Lucille Griffin Sasscer, began farming the property in 1937 when Theresa Sasscer conveyed a half interest in the property to the couple. For more than 120 years, the property remained in the Sasscer family. In 1996, the grandchildren of Thomas Reverdy and Theresa Evalina Sasscer, operating as Candy Hill Development, Inc., subdivided an 18-acre portion of the property containing the Sasscer House and outbuildings and platted the Keys Quarters Subdivision. The subdivision of the Sasscer property resulted in the separation of the Sasscer House from Sasscer Tobacco Barn.
From the Maryland Historic Trust
The Keys Quarters property was purchased by farmer John W. Sasscer in 1867 and was eventually conveyed to his sons Clarence D. and Thomas Reverdy Sasscer.
In preparation for his upcoming marriage in 1894, Thomas Reverdy Sasscer oversaw construction of a two-and one-half-story I-house with Queen Anne-style detail and ornamentation. After construction of the house, the property became known as "Breezy Hill."
Thomas Reverdy Sasscer was born in December 1851 in Prince George's County. He married Theresa Evalina Wallis (born 1874) of Kent County, Maryland in November 1894. The couple soon had four children: Francis Wallis, Eunice Loretta, Theresa Evalina, and Clarence DeSales. In 1917, Clarence D. Sasscer transferred his half interest in Breezy Hill to his brother Thomas Reverdy Sasscer and his wife, who had been living on the property since the construction of their house. The couple subsequently took a $5,500 mortgage on the property.
Sasscer farmed the land, utilizing his new barn for the storage and drying of tobacco. Sasscer died in March 1920 and the property was conveyed to his wife. Theresa Evalina Sasscer lived on the property until her death in 1964. Her eldest son, Francis Wallis Sasscer and his wife Kathryn Lucille Griffin Sasscer, began farming the property in 1937 when Theresa Sasscer conveyed a half interest in the property to the couple. For more than 120 years, the property remained in the Sasscer family. In 1996, the grandchildren of Thomas Reverdy and Theresa Evalina Sasscer, operating as Candy Hill Development, Inc., subdivided an 18-acre portion of the property containing the Sasscer House and outbuildings and platted the Keys Quarters Subdivision. The subdivision of the Sasscer property resulted in the separation of the Sasscer House from Sasscer Tobacco Barn.
From the Maryland Historic Trust
In preparation for his upcoming marriage in 1894, Thomas Reverdy Sasscer oversaw construction of a two-and one-half-story I-house with Queen Anne-style detail and ornamentation. After construction of the house, the property became known as "Breezy Hill."
Thomas Reverdy Sasscer was born in December 1851 in Prince George's County. He married Theresa Evalina Wallis (born 1874) of Kent County, Maryland in November 1894. The couple soon had four children: Francis Wallis, Eunice Loretta, Theresa Evalina, and Clarence DeSales. In 1917, Clarence D. Sasscer transferred his half interest in Breezy Hill to his brother Thomas Reverdy Sasscer and his wife, who had been living on the property since the construction of their house. The couple subsequently took a $5,500 mortgage on the property.
Sasscer farmed the land, utilizing his new barn for the storage and drying of tobacco. Sasscer died in March 1920 and the property was conveyed to his wife. Theresa Evalina Sasscer lived on the property until her death in 1964. Her eldest son, Francis Wallis Sasscer and his wife Kathryn Lucille Griffin Sasscer, began farming the property in 1937 when Theresa Sasscer conveyed a half interest in the property to the couple. For more than 120 years, the property remained in the Sasscer family. In 1996, the grandchildren of Thomas Reverdy and Theresa Evalina Sasscer, operating as Candy Hill Development, Inc., subdivided an 18-acre portion of the property containing the Sasscer House and outbuildings and platted the Keys Quarters Subdivision. The subdivision of the Sasscer property resulted in the separation of the Sasscer House from Sasscer Tobacco Barn.
From the Maryland Historic Trust
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