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

Coordinates: 41°54′16″N 71°27′32″W / 41.90444°N 71.45889°W / 41.90444; -71.45889
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Jenckes House
Jenckes House on Jenckes Hill Road in 2013
Jenckes House (Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island) is located in Rhode Island
Jenckes House (Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island)
Jenckes House (Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island) is located in the United States
Jenckes House (Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln, Rhode Island)
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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  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 2014-10-16.