Edward Dexter House

The Edward Dexter House is a historic house in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is a ​2 1⁄2-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]

  • The house, circa 1915
  • The house in 1918, following an addition to the building's rear

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Edward Dexter House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-11.


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