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The Palmer-Marsh House was a colonial home of Colonel Robert Palmer, Surveyor-General of North Carolina from 1753 to 1771 and Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath. Built circa 1744, probably by Michael Coutanche, it is one of the oldest surviving dwelling-houses in the state. Governor William Tryon described Palmer’s home as “a very excellent house … at Bath which I often resided in with my family, being Hospitably entertained.” After Colonel Palmer left for England in 1771, his son lived in the house until the mid 1780’s. In the 19th century it was the home of the Jonathan Marsh family, shipowners and merchants originally from Rhode Island.
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Bath, North Carolina · United States
