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Whitcomb Farm

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
80000013

Added to NRHP
  
28 November 1980

MPS
  
East Providence MRA

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

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Location
  
East Providence, Rhode Island

Similar
  
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The Whitcomb Farm is an historic farmhouse at 36 Willett Avenue in East Providence, Rhode Island. The 2 12-story structure was built c. 1780–1805, and is a well-preserved example of Federal architecture. Its construction is unusual, consisting of a brick structure finished with wood clapboards. The house has been owned by a number of prominent local citizens, including William Whitcomb, the proprietor the City Hotel in Providence.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Whitcomb Farm Wikipedia