Palmer-Warner House

The 1738 Palmer-Warner House sits on 50 acres of land and was home to preservation architect Frederic Palmer. At the Palmer-Warner House, we can tell the story of a colonial blacksmithing family, the Warner family, but also the more contemporary, non-traditional story of preservation architect Frederic Palmer and his partner Howard Metzger. Built by the blacksmithing family of John and Mehitable Warner, the house originally sat on 1,000 acres inherited by Mehitable from her father, husband and sister. John Warner was not your typical horseshoe and nail blacksmith, he and his sons made elaborate hardware on view throughout the Palmer-Warner House as well as the on the doors of the First Church of Christ in East Haddam.