Joseph Smith House

{{short description|Historic house in Rhode Island, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Joseph Smith House | nrhp_type = | image = Joseph Smith House HABS RI1.jpg | caption = Historic American Buildings Survey photo, unknown date | location = North Providence, Rhode Island | coordinates = {{coord|41|51|22|N|71|27|0|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Rhode Island#USA | area = | built = 1705 | architect = | architecture = | added = November 28, 1978 | refnum = 78000009 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> }}

The '''Joseph Smith House''' is a historic house at 109 Smithfield Road in North Providence, Rhode Island, United States. 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 oldest portion of this house, built around 1705, is a classical Rhode Island stone-ender house, whose large chimney has since been completely enclosed in the structure. The lower levels of this chimney are believed to predate King Philip's War (1675–76), when the previous house was burned. The 1705 house was built by Joseph Smith, grandson of John Smith, the miller, one of Rhode Island's first settlers. 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. The house is the only known surviving stone-ender in North Providence.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78000009}}|title=NRHP nomination for Joseph Smith House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2014-11-12}}</ref>

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.<ref name="nris"/>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Joseph Smith House}} *[https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ri0278 Joseph Smith House, 109 Cushing Street, North Providence, Providence, RI] at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Joseph, House}} Category:Houses completed in 1705 Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Category:Houses in Providence County, Rhode Island Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Rhode Island Category:Buildings and structures in North Providence, Rhode Island Category:1705 establishments in Rhode Island Category:National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island