Built 1720 Opened 1720 Architectural style American Colonial | NRHP Reference # 72000039 Area 4 ha Added to NRHP 16 March 1972 | |
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Location 2 Jencks Rd., Foster, Rhode Island | ||
The Captain George Dorrance House is an historic house at 2 Jencks Road in Foster, Rhode Island. It is located on the west side of the road, a short way south of its junctions with Plain Woods Road, not far from the Connecticut border. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof and a large central chimney. The main block was built c. 1720, and a leanto was added c. 1750. It is one of the best-preserved early 18th-century houses in the state.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.
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