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Gen. Walter Martin House is a historic home located at Martinsburg in
Lewis County, New York Lewis County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of New York, situated between the Adirondack Mountains and the Tug Hill Plateau, within the state's North Country region. As of the 2020 census, the county had a p ...
. It was built in 1805 and consists of the original two story, hip roofed, stone Federal main block with
Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
wings added about 1835. The front features a projecting center
pavilion In architecture, ''pavilion'' has several meanings; * It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure. In palaces and traditional mansions of Asia ...
surmounted by a triangular
pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...
. It was the home of General Walter Martin (1766–1834), founder and namesake of the town of Martinsburg. ''See also:'' It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2008.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Federal architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1805 Houses in Lewis County, New York 1805 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Lewis County, New York {{LewisCountyNY-NRHP-stub