Samson House

In 1977, Hugh Samson, a businessman from Fall River, Massachusetts purchased two historic late 17th century houses to dismantle and re-erect at his property at 43 Rockbridge Road, Little Compton.

The first house, known as the Brownell House, was at 94 West Main Road in Portsmouth, RI and the second house, the Isaac Barker House, was at 536 Highland Road in Tiverton, RI. Anne Baker and the architect Joseph L. Nichols of Newport, RI, were hired to create a design that would preserve the integrity of these two very different houses. The Isaac Barker House, the older of the two, was a one-story center chimney Cape and of greater architectural importance. The Brownell House was a wonderful example of an end chimney house.