Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House

Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is located in Connecticut
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is located in the United States
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Location40 Palmer Street, Stonington, Connecticut
Coordinates41°20′34.5″N 71°54′28.15″W / 41.342917°N 71.9078194°W / 41.342917; -71.9078194
Built1852
ArchitectCollins & Sons
Architectural styleItalianate
NRHP reference No.96000971
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1996[1]
Designated NHLJune 19, 1996[2]

The Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is a historic house museum in Stonington, Connecticut, built in 1852–54. The house is a transitional style between the Greek revival and the Victorian Italianate.[2] It was built for Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799–1877), who was a seal hunter, a pioneering Antarctic explorer, and a major designer of clipper ships. Threatened with demolition, it was acquired by the Stonington Historical Society in 1995, which operates it as a museum devoted to Palmer.[2][3][4] The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved October 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Cunningham, Jan (October 30, 1994). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House--Accompanying 16 photos, exterior and interior, from 1994" (pdf). National Park Service. October 30, 1994. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)