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The Moses Kent House is an outstanding example of a vernacular, early nineteenth century, Federal style, Connecticut River Valley farmhouse. Built in 1811 by Moses Kent, with the exception of a garage which was added to the end of the house's rear ell in 1952, the house survives virtually unaltered both on the exterior and the interior.
Of more importance, perhaps, than its virtually unaltered state of preservation is the fact that the house contains four examples of wall murals painted by the renowned, early nineteenth century itinerant painter, Rufus Porter. Located in a downstairs parlor and an upstairs bedroom - both in the northwest corner of the house, as well as on both floors of the houses's center stair hall, the murals are in an excellent state of overall preservation and depict a number of different, yet thematically similar, countryside and village scenes.
The Moses Kent House is a private residence and is not open to the public. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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