The Benjamin Barker House was a historic house on Main Road in Tiverton, Rhode Island. Built c. 1850, it was a two-story wood-frame structure with an impressive Greek Temple front, with full-height fluted Ionic columns supporting a full triangular pediment. The pediment (as did the gable at the opposite end of the house) had an astylistic triple window in it. The roof was topped by an octagonal cupola with belvedere, with two narrow chimneys piercing the ridge line. It is possible the house was designed by Russell Warren, who is documented to have designed a number of other high-style Greek Revival houses in the region. The purchaser is believed to be Benjamin Barker, a lumber merchant operating in nearby Fall River, Massachusetts.National Register nomination for Benjamin Barker House; available by requested from the National Park Service The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, after it was extensively destroyed by fire. It was demolished in 1981. The property it stood on, at the northwest corner of the junction of Main Road and

Rhode Island Route 24 Route 24 is a limited-access state highway in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It runs approximately from Route 114 in Portsmouth to Massachusetts Route 24 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Route 24 is the primary freeway access for the two town ...

, was associated with The Coachman, a restaurant, and is now the site of an assisted living facility.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses completed in 1850 Buildings and structures in Tiverton, Rhode Island Houses in Newport County, Rhode Island Burned houses in the United States 1980 fires in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island Greek Revival houses in Rhode Island Demolished buildings and structures in Rhode Island Buildings and structures demolished in 1981 {{NewportCountyRI-NRHP-stub

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