Valentine Whitman House

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The Valentine Whitman House is an historic stone ender house on Great Road in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The house is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the state.

Stone ender

The Stone-ender is a unique style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney.

Lincoln, Rhode Island Town in Rhode Island, United States

Lincoln is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 21,105 at the 2010 census. Lincoln is located in northeastern Rhode Island, north of Providence. Lincoln is part of the Providence metropolitan statistical area and the Greater Boston combined statistical area.

The large farmhouse was built around 1694. The house features a large stone chimney at one end. In 1730 the first town meeting of Smithfield (which then included modern day Lincoln) was held in the house. [1]

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  1. "Historic Lincoln Website, accessed June 21, 2008". Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved June 22, 2008.

Coordinates: 41°55′55″N71°27′24″W / 41.931843°N 71.456664°W / 41.931843; -71.456664

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