Jennings-Baker House is a historic home located at Reidsville,

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. It was built about 1888, and is a two-story, three bay, solid masonry dwelling with vernacular

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and

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style design elements. It has symmetrical two-story, five-sided projecting bays and two-tier hip roofed porch on the front facade. Jennings-Baker House was listed on the

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in 1987.

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