George Greenman was the eldest of three brothers who founded the shipyard in Mystic known as George Greenman & Co. His house on Greenmanville Avenue was built in 1839 and was enlarged and further ornamented later in the nineteenth century. Greenman’s brothers initially resided in the house with him, until they built their own homes nearby on Greenmanville Avenue. The Greenman home is reported to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. The Mystic Seaport living history museum acquired the house from George Greenman‘s great-granddaughter in 1970. The house has a Historic Structures Report.
George Greenman House (1839)
I like the covered porch that travels two sides of the house. For some reason, this style reminds me a bit of a Southern plantation house. Since I know very little about architecture, perhaps you can enlighten me on this point. I can only tell you that the arches on the porch are Roman-style.
I agree that the wrap around porch with the archways has a sort of veranda quality to it.
The French Quarter in New Orleans has many porches like this, only that the arches are often iron.
I am so excited! My husband and I started doing genealogy reasearch of our families, we found George Geeenman one of my ancestors. So interesting I have to go there to visit! We found that my and my husbands ancestors have been connected an gain and again, as business partners husband and wife also founders of towns like Newport, through time back to the 800’s. Incredibly interesting to find portraits photos and historical reports! I ?? This! Thank you !
I was born and raised in Newport Rhode Island my last name is greenman I started some research any years ago but stopped really need to look into this some more