Reuben Robie House is a historic home located at Bath in

Steuben County, New York Steuben County (stu-BEN) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,584. Its county seat is Bath. Its name is in honor of Baron von Steuben, a Prussian general who fought on the American ...

. It was built by

Reuben Robie Reuben Robie (July 15, 1799 – January 21, 1872) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1851 to 1853. Biography Born in Corinth, Vermont, Robie attended the common sch ...

in 1847 and is a 2-story, center-hall

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

–style brick dwelling. The small flat-roofed entrance portico supported by Doric columns was added about 1900. Also on the property is a -story

board-and-batten A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass. Battens are variously used in construction, sailing, and other fields. In the lighting industry, battens refer to linea ...

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open ...

and a toolshed. It was home to Congressman

(1799–1872). It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1983.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Greek Revival houses in New York (state) Houses completed in 1847 Houses in Steuben County, New York 1847 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Steuben County, New York {{SteubenCountyNY-NRHP-stub