The house at 18 Church Street in the village of Noank in Groton was built in 1859. It is known as the John Palmer House. This was possibly the John Palmer whose father, John Palmer (1787-1859), started the shipbuilding business in Noank that his sons, John and Robert, would develop into the highly successful Noank Shipyard, known as the Palmer Yard.
John Palmer House (1859)