Built 1795 Designated NHLDCP November 10, 1970 Added to NRHP 21 June 1971 | NRHP Reference # 71000033 Opened 1795 | |
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Location Providence, Rhode Island Part of College Hill Historic District (#70000019) Architectural styles Georgian architecture, Federal architecture Similar Roger Williams Park, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Touro Synagogue, White Horse Tavern, Omni Providence Hotel | ||
The Edward Dexter House is an historic house at 72 Waterman Street in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, built in 1795-97, 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.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.