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The Edward Dexter House is a historic house in the College Hill neighborhood of
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. It is a -story wood-frame structure, built in 1795–1797, with a hip roof topped by a square
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. 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
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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 sawed in half and moved in sections to its present location. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.


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File:Edward Dexter House, Waterman Street.jpg, The house, circa 1915 File:Edward Dexter House, North Side of Waterman Street.jpg, The house in 1918, following an addition to the building's rear


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* Houses completed in 1795 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses in Providence, Rhode Island Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island Historic district contributing properties in Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-struct-stub