Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House

Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House
Location North Rd. 2 mi. N of jct. NH 123, Alstead, New Hampshire
Coordinates 43°9′26″N 72°17′36″W / 43.15722°N 72.29333°W / 43.15722; -72.29333Coordinates: 43°9′26″N 72°17′36″W / 43.15722°N 72.29333°W / 43.15722; -72.29333
Area less than one acre
Built 1803 (1803)
Architectural style Colonial, Full New England Cape
NRHP Reference # 97000506[1]
Added to NRHP May 30, 1997

The Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House is a historic house on North Road in Alstead, New Hampshire. The 1.5 story Cape style house was built sometime between 1798 and 1803, with a kitchen wing added onto one side in 1830. The house stands at the effective end of North Road, an unpaved road that was once a main road between Keene and Acworth. The building was restored in 1996, principally to conserve the artwork of Moses Eaton, an itinerant folk art stenciler, that is on its walls. The stencilwork was probably applied not long after the house's construction, and was protected from damage by alterations in the 1860s that doubled the thickness of the walls as protection against the severe weather conditions that sometimes afflict the area. Although this caused some damage to this artwork, the five walls that have been stenciled are among the best preserved of Eaton's work.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-03-19.


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