The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Connecticut Landmarks will give tours of historic properties
EAST HADDAM — Connecticut Landmarks will host an open house at the PalmerWarner and Amasa Day properties Saturday and Sunday as part of the East Haddam Fall Celebration.
Start your day at the Amasa Day House and Barn from 10 am to 12 pm. Explore the 1st floor of the house furnished largely with objects owned by members of the Day family, including toys and locally produced ceramics and silver, and admire the original 19thcentury floor and stair stenciling. See a small display of the Amasa Day Chaffee photography collection in the newly repainted Amasa Day Barn.
Then, take a behindthescenes peek of the 1st floor of the PalmerWarner house, walk the historic grounds, and sip a seasonal beverage on the back porch from 1 to 4 p.m.
View the completion of phase I of the PalmerWarner Barn restoration project from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and meet Mike Einsiedel, a timber framer, preservation carpenter, and owner of Yankee Restoration & Remodeling LLC, who specializes in post and beam and preservation work.
Speak with the museum educator, exhibit and interpretive planner and give your feedback to help shape the future of the PalmerWarner tour narrative.
Connecticut Landmarks is preparing to open the property to highlight its important history. The PalmerWarner House, constructed in 1738, was home to the Warner family, skilled blacksmiths who resided there for over a century.
In addition to this rich colonial history, the house offers a contemporary story for us to tell. The 50acre PalmerWarner property in East Haddam was home to preservation architect Frederic Palmer and his partner Howard Metzger from 19451971.
In addition to the letters he wrote to Metzger, the collection contains Palmer’s personal diaries that cover the years 1942 to 1961. These diaries were written in every day and contain a wealth of information about his daily life, including where he went and who he saw, as well as any letters he had written or correspondence he received.
The event will be held rain or shine and is free to the public. Registration recommended at elaine.ingraham@ctlandmarks.org. For more information, visit https://ctlandmarks.org/ properties/palmerwarnerhouse or call (860) 2478996 x 18.
Members of the media invited to tour newly reconstructed barn and experience a behind the scenes look at the PalmerWarner preservation project Connecticut Landmarks Tours of Amasa Day and PalmerWarner
Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Amasa Day and 1 to 4 p.m. at Palmer Warner
Amasa Day: 33 Plains Road, Moodus, CT 06469
PalmerWarner: 307 Town Street, East Haddam, CT 06423
As part of the East Haddam Fall Festival, Connecticut Landmarks is providing guided tours of the Amasa Day House and PalmerWarner Property.
Both have been the subject of extensive and ongoing preservation and restoration work, and Connecticut Landmarks is proud to showcase the history of these two properties and discuss their techniques for historic preservation.