It is a 2½-story wood-frame house, six bays wide, with a shed-style addition to the rear giving it a saltbox appearance.

The lower levels of this chimney are believed to predate King Philip's War (1675–76), when the previous house was burned.

It was greatly enlarged in 1762 by Daniel Jenckes, a judge from a prominent Rhode Island family, for his son, and was for many years in the hands of Jenckes' descendants.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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