Dudley Palmer House

Hanging in the first floor of the is a painting of Elijah Palmer. Palmer built the home featured in this week’s vintage photograph.

The photograph is of 14 Cliff Street in the borough. According to the Connecticut Historical Society, the house was built by Palmer for his son Dudley, becoming known as the Dudley Palmer House.

Provided by the , the photograph taken around 1900 is described as a “view of a two-story house with pitched roof, clapboard siding and a central chimney at 14 Cliff Street in Stonington Borough. A picket fence can be seen running along the front of the house. Most of the windows are framed by louvered shutters.”

The house later came into the possession of Dr. James Weeks who, in addition to serving as president of the Stonington Historical Society, kept a museum dedicated to whaling history in the home.

Today, the house still stands at 14 Cliff Street in the borough but the white picket fence is gone, as is the tree in the left corner of the property.

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