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Old Turner Farm

 
 
Old Turner Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, March 27, 2025
1. Old Turner Farm Marker
Inscription.
Once a 99 Acre Farm of
VanRensselaer Tenant Farmer
Pvt. Peter Turner, 5th. Co.
Revolutionary War Soldier
Served: 1781 to 1783

A National Register Property

 
Erected 2024.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: AgricultureWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.
 
Location. 42° 42.673′ N, 73° 45.318′ W. Marker is in Loudonville, New York, in Albany County. It is at the intersection of Loudon Road (New York State Route 9) and Turner Lane, on the right when traveling north on Loudon Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 475 Loudon Road, Albany NY 12211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, in the Capital District, and in the Albany Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Loudonville (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Loudonville (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Historic Loudonville (approx. 0.4 miles away); General Henry Knox (approx. 0.4 miles away); Native Americans (approx. 0.4 miles away); Loudon Green Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Newtonville (approx. 0.8 miles away); Chester Alan Arthur (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Loudonville.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Historic Newtonville (was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
 
Regarding Old Turner Farm. The house "was built in the 1700’s by Peter Turner, who served under George Washington in the Revolutionary War." More information can be found at the link provided below:
 
Old Turner Farm Marker Detail image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, October 9, 2025
2. Old Turner Farm Marker Detail
One of the things that makes this marker unique is the feature of a logo that is a stylized drawing of the Turner Farmhouse.
Old Turner Farm Marker and Farmhouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Trudi Jacobson, March 27, 2025
3. Old Turner Farm Marker and Farmhouse
Old Turner Farm Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, October 9, 2025
4. Old Turner Farm Marker
Old Turner Farmhouse & Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, October 9, 2025
5. Old Turner Farmhouse & Marker
The view is to the north along Rte. 9.
Old Turner Farm image. Click for full size.
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form on the Cultural Resource Information System, October 9, 2025
6. Old Turner Farm
A late 19th century view of the ca. 1832 Greek Revival house faηade which faces west onto Rte. 9, from the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Turner Farmhouse.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 27, 2025, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York. This page has been viewed 529 times since then and 133 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on March 27, 2025, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.   2. submitted on October 10, 2025, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.   3. submitted on March 27, 2025, by Trudi Jacobson of Slingerlands, New York.   4, 5, 6. submitted on October 10, 2025, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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