Dennis J. Murphy House at Ogden Farm

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Dennis J. Murphy House at Ogden Farm

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Location 641 Mitchell's Ln., Middletown, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°31′20″N71°15′44″W / 41.52222°N 71.26222°W / 41.52222; -71.26222 Coordinates: 41°31′20″N71°15′44″W / 41.52222°N 71.26222°W / 41.52222; -71.26222
Area 2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built 1900
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 07001269 [1]
Added to NRHP December 13, 2007

The Dennis J. Murphy House at Ogden Farm is a historic house at 641 Mitchell's Lane in Middletown, Rhode Island. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure with vernacular Queen Anne styling, built c. 1900 for Dennis J. Murphy, the son of a local farmer. The house has a cross-gable roof line, and its exterior is adorned by decorative bargeboard trim, turned columns on the porches, brackets in the eaves, and other details which typify the Queen Anne period. Its porch was originally more extensive when built, but it was damaged in the New England Hurricane of 1938 and reduced in scope. [2]

Middletown, Rhode Island Town in Rhode Island, United States

Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,150 at the 2010 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown".

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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