The Dr. Philip Turner House is a historic house at 29 West Town Street in Norwich, Connecticut, possibly built in the late 17th century. It is one of the oldest houses in Norwich, and a well-preserved example of vernacular architecture. It was probably owned by Dr. Philip Turner at the time of the American Revolutionary War , who was a leading surgeon for the Continental Army.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1970.[1]
The Dr. Philip Turner House is located in Norwich's Norwichtown neighborhood, on the north side of West Town Street near its junction with Sturtevant Road. It is a colonial-era "half house", 2+1⁄2 stories tall and three bays wide, with clapboard siding and a large chimney behind the entrance, which is in the rightmost bay. Some of its exterior siding is fastened with hand-cut nails and exhibits feathering typical of early clapboards. The interior is basically two chambers on the ground floor, with a parlor in front and a kitchen in the rear. There are two bedrooms on the upper floor, with original wide pine floors and period wainscoting.[2]
Turner served with the Continental Army through much of the war, acting as a surgeon at the Siege of Boston before being appointed Surgeon General of the army's Eastern Department in 1777, a post that he held until the war's end. He later became a staff surgeon for the United States Army.[2]
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