Riddick House, also known as Riddicks Folly, is a historic home located at

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. It was built in 1837, and is a -story, five bay by four bay,

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style brick townhouse. The front facade features a one-story diastyle

Doric order The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of t ...

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

with a triangular pediment supported by two fluted columns and two plain pilasters. It also has a one-story tetrastyle portico added across the south end in 1905. During the

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, General John J. Peck and his staff maintained Union Army staff headquarters in the house. an
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in 1974. It is located in the Suffolk Historic District. Riddick's Folly is open as a

historic house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that is preserved as a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a variety of ...

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External links

Official website
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