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

Jenckes House
Jenckes House on Jenckes Hill Road in 2013
Location81 Jenckes Hill Rd., Lincoln, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°54′16″N 71°27′32″W / 41.90444°N 71.45889°W / 41.90444; -71.45889
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1735
MPSLincoln MRA
NRHP reference No.84002019[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 1984

The Jenckes House is a historic house at 81 Jenckes Hill Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island. It is a 1+12-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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Historic Resources of Lincoln (PDF pages 36-37)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved October 16, 2014.