Jenckes House (Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island)

Jenckes House

Jenckes House on Jenckes Hill Road in 2013
Location 81 Jenckes Hill Rd., Lincoln, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°54′16″N 71°27′32″W / 41.90444°N 71.45889°W / 41.90444; -71.45889Coordinates: 41°54′16″N 71°27′32″W / 41.90444°N 71.45889°W / 41.90444; -71.45889
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1735
MPS Lincoln MRA
NRHP Reference # 84002019[1]
Added to NRHP August 30, 1984

The Jenckes House is a historic house at 81 Jenckes Hill Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a central chimney. A 20th-century screened porch extends to the right side of the house, and a modern kitchen ell extends to the rear. The house is an 18th-century construction by a member of the locally prominent Jenckes family.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Historic Resources of Lincoln (PDF pages 36-37)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-16.


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