Warner HouseDescriptionThe Warner House is the earliest present brick urban construction in New England. It was built in 1716-1718 for Captain Archibald Macpheadris and his fiancée Sarah Wentworth, daughter of New Hampshire's provincial Governor, John Wentworth.
The striking wall murals in the hallway are the oldest colonial wall paintings still in place in the United States. It is not certain who created the murals that Macpheadris, a merchant and ship owner, ordered shortly after the house was built.
The Warner House is named for the Portsmouth trader Jonathan Warner who married Macpheadris's daughter Mary in 1760. He outlived both his wife and his daughter "Polly," whose likenesses were painted by Joseph Blackburn in 1761. Warner lived in the house until his death in 1814. The house then handed to his collateral heirs, the Sherburnes and the Penhallows, who lived in the house until 1930.
Operating HoursOpen Early June through October
Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sunday 12 - 4 p.m.
Entrance Fee $5.00 Adults
$2.50 Children
Contacts150 Daniel Street
PO Box 895
Portsmouth, New Hampshire 03802-0895
Phone: (603) 436-8420
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