The Jeremiah Dexter House is a historic colonial house in

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. It is a -story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, built in 1754 for printer Jeremiah Dexter on farm land that was originally granted to his ancestor Gregory Dexter, a friend and printer for

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. It is five bays wide, with a large central chimney typical of the period, and is one of the few surviving colonial-era farmhouses in the city. The Dexter farm is further notable as the site where

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troops were stationed upon their return from

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in 1782, during the

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. The paved parking lot which surrounds the house on two sides is believed to contain archaeological remains of the French camp. The house was added to the

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in 1976.

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* Houses completed in 1754 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Houses in Providence, Rhode Island Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island 1754 establishments in Rhode Island National Register of Historic Places in Providence, Rhode Island {{ProvidenceRI-struct-stub

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