Amos Palmer House (Stonington, Connecticut)

The Amos Palmer House; is a historic Georgian style home located on Main Street in Stonington Borough, Connecticut. It was built by Captain Amos Palmer in 1787 to replace his former home on the lot which burned after a neighbors' barn caught fire.

Amos Palmer House

The Palmer house was hit by cannon fire between August 9 and 12, 1814 during the War of 1812 from the British ships HMS Ramillies, HMS Pactolus, HMS Dispatch, and HMS Terror under the command of Sir Thomas Hardy. Palmer reputedly took a cannonball which hit his house to Stonington's gunners to fire back at the British.

Former owners

Amos Palmer:(1747-1816) Sea captain and privateer during the American Revolutionary War; the original owner and builder; owned the house until his death on February 18, 1816
James McNeill Whistler: The artist whose most famous work is the painting Whistler's Mother; lived in the home as a child between 1837-1840 with his parents George Washington Whistler, an engineer helping to build the Providence to Stonington Railroad, and Anna McNeill Whistler
Stephen Vincent Benet: The Pulitzer Prize winner bought the house in 1940 and it was owned by his heirs after his death in 1943 until 1983

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