The Warner House is the earliest extant brick urban mansion in New England, It was built in 1716-1718 for Captain Archibald Macpheadris and his bride-to-be Sarah Wentworth, daughter of New Hampshire's Lieutenant Governor, John Wentworth.
Come and experience the social life of the Portsmouth family who occupied the Warner House for six generations, This long history is told in rooms furnished with many of the original family pieces, documented by estate inventories and early photographs. Each room represents different owners, culminating in the recently restored parlor of Evelyn Sherburne (d. 1929), one of the last residents.
Polly Warner, painted by Joseph Blackburn, 1761
2011 Patrons' Party
IN MANY MUSEUMS. The richest knowledge is locked in oral tradition - in the heads of curators, volunteers, and supportors. Hurray to the Warner House for bringing so much insight and information together so that all of us can enjoy and learn from it.