The Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House is a historic home in Key West, Florida.

[3] Webb introduced influential legislation regulating salvage, which helped establish wrecking as a legitimate legal business in Florida.

[3] The house is best known as the lifelong home of Dr. Joseph Yates Porter Jr.[4] His father bought the property in 1845.

[2] He was instrumental in controlling yellow fever, reforming sanitation and quarantine practices, and initiating health legislation.

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