Turtle House


Turtle House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Old Turtle House, April 1934
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Location	14 Fabiano Blvd., Greenport, New York
Coordinates	42°15′38″N 73°46′4″W / 42.26056°N 73.76778°W / 42.26056; -73.76778
Area	less than one acre
Built	1820
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	01000309^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 2001

Turtle House, also known as Old Turtle House or Joab Center House, is a historic home located at Greenport in Columbia County, New York. It was built about 1820 and is an outstanding and unusual example of Federal period architecture. It has a distinctive lozenge-shaped main block with highly unusual double semi-circular porticos and symmetrical secondary wings.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Peter D. Shaver and Zane Studenroth (October 2000). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Turtle House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 27, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-5-A-21, "Old Turtle House, Post Road, Greenport, Columbia County, NY", 3 photos, 10 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material.

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