Turtle House

	Turtle House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Old Turtle House, April 1934
Location	14 Fabiano Blvd., Greenport, New York
Coordinates	42°15′38″N 73°46′4″W / 42.26056°N 73.76778°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1820
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	01000309
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: Turtle House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-03. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".

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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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv_ny-2] Peter D. Shaver and Zane Studenroth (October 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Turtle House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-07-03. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".

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