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Edward Dexter House
A landmark on Waterman St, in the middle of things: 334 places within a five-minute walk. One of 202 history & landmarks in Providence.
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On the National Register since 1971
Edward Dexter House
Edward Dexter House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jun 21, 1971. It is significant for its architecture at the national level.
The Edward Dexter House is a historic house in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, built in 1795–1797, with a hip roof topped by a square monitor. 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 sp…
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334 places within a five-minute walk of Edward Dexter House.
☕Grab a coffeeBlue Room Cafe1 min walk🌳Get outsideLeung Family Gallery1 min walk🎭See some artGendo Taiko1 min walk🥕Pick up something localBrown Market Shares Program1 min walk
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Population Studies and Training CenterEducational research institute
1 min walk🩰Ashamu Dance StudioDance school
1 min walk☕The Underground Coffee CompanyCoffee shop
1 min walk🌳Third World CenterCampus building
1 min walk🎓Program in Literary ArtsCollege university
1 min walk🌳Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center and Student Activities Office - SAOCampus building
1 min walkWhere it is
Directions →72 Waterman St
The nearest neighbor is Blue Room Cafe, 1 min walk away.
Address72 Waterman St · 02906
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NeighborhoodCollege Hill
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.