About Jewett-Kemp-Marlens House
Historic Architecture, Architecture, Interesting Places, Other Buildings And Structures
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.
