Edward Dexter House

The Edward Dexter House is a historic house in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 2 12-story wood-frame structure, built in 1795–1797, with a hip roof topped by a square monitor. Its main facade is five bays wide, with the center bay flanked by two-story pilasters and topped by a small gable pediment. The well-preserved interior provided a template for an early-20th-century museum space designed by the Rhode Island School of Design to house a furniture collection donated by the house's then-owner, Charles Pendleton. The house is one of the few 18th-century houses in the city's College Hill neighborhood. It was originally located at the corner of George and Prospect Streets; in 1860 it was sawn in half and moved in sections to its present location.[2]

Edward Dexter House
Location72 Waterman Street,
Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°49′37″N 71°24′15″W
Built1795
Architectural styleGeorgian, Federal
Part ofCollege Hill Historic District (ID70000019)
NRHP reference No.71000033[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1971
Designated NHLDCPNovember 10, 1970

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

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