Capt. George Dorrance House

	Capt. George Dorrance House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2 Jencks Rd.,; Foster, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°44′22″N 71°47′12″W / 41.73944°N 71.78667°W
Built	1720
Architectural style	Colonial
NRHP reference No.	72000039
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1972

The Captain George Dorrance House is an historic house in Foster, Rhode Island. It is located on the west side of the road, a short way south of its junctions with Plain Woods Road, not far from the Connecticut border. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof and a large central chimney. The main block was built c. 1720, and a leanto was added c. 1750. It is one of the best-preserved early 18th-century houses in the state.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Captain George Dorrance House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Captain George Dorrance House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-16.

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