Tenney House - Exeter, New Hampshire - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com

The Tenney House (not open), 65 High St., an imposing three story residence with a pedimented central section and a two-story wing on either side, is different from any other house in this region and resembles the mansion of an English country manor much more than other New Hampshire houses. The front doorway carries a heavy pediment, and massive caps top the windows of the lower story. The hip roofs of the two wings are surrounded by a latticed balustrade, and from each of them rises a tall, rugged chimney. This house was built in 1798 by Dr. Samuel Tenney, who served as a surgeon at Bunker Hill and at Yorktown. His wife, Tabitha Oilman, author of ' Female Quixotism,' was the earliest woman novelist in America. It is related that the doctor and his wife, while planning their house, drove around the countryside in their chaise looking for a model. The source of their final inspiration is not known. Originally this house stood on Front Street, where the Courthouse now stands, and the feat of moving it across the river seems almost impossible. - New Hampshire: A Guide to the Granite State, Exeter section, pg. 166.

The house is a private home.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.