The c.1716 Warner House is 300 years of family history, furnishings and unique wall murals. It's a must see for history lovers when visiting the Seacoast!
Christmas Past at the Warner House
Please join us on December 7, 2019 from Noon to 3 P.M. at the Historic Warner House with music provided by violinist, Emily Grodin. Reservations are not needed. Admission is free. Snacks & King Tut’s cider fills the holiday table.
If fashion's the thing then make your way to the Warner House this Twilight Tour—Friday evening from 4:30 to 8PM & sample the latest wares from London. Marvel at Jonathan Warner's sequin studded raspberry coloured suit and all the latest sparkle from London.
Mugs, Jugs, & Monarchs: Observations on Stoneware, 1600-1775. On 7/17 at 5:30 PM, Carolyn Roy explores stonewares produced in the 17th &18th centuries. Commercially desirable, leak and temperature resistant, it could be thinly potted with or without detailed decorative motifs.
The Warner House opens for the 2019 season on June 1st. Join us this season as we celebrate the diversity of objects & some of the stoneware styles that Macpheadris, Warner and other Portsmouth merchants imported & sold.
Fabulous Find Resale Boutique 139 State Road, Kittery, Maine chose the Warner House as one of their January beneficiaries. Please donate goods to the Boutique during January—then buy something. It's good karma.
Portsmouth Hilton Garden Inn chef Robert Menard recreated the Warner House in gingerbread for the annual display at Discover Portsmouth. Double-header—Warner Open House—150 Daniel St. on Dec. 1 from 12-3PM—then Discover Portsmouth.
Christmas Past at the Warner House. Please join us for Christmas Past on December 1, 2018 from Noon to 3 P.M. Violinist Emily Grodin will provide music for the open house. Reservations are not needed. Admission is free. (Donations are always appreciated)
The Warner House End-Of-Season Party Sunday, October 14, 2018 3 to 5 PM. Join us for an end-of-season party to celebrate meeting the Front Door Funding Challenge & completing the Wallpaper project in the front bedchamber. Swing by this Sunday afternoon & enjoy your house.
On 10/5/2018 at 5:30 PM at the Warner House, Richard Nylander and Judy Groppa will speak on the Marquis de Lafayette’s trip to Boston and Portsmouth as part of his 13-month tour of the US in 1824 & 1825.. A free event—donations are welcome.
On August 23, 2018 at 5:30 PM, curator Sandra Rux will talk about the Colonial Revival period when Evelyn Sherburne & her nephew Thomas Wibird Penhallow entertained antiquarians who wrote about & photographed the house—expanding knowledge of it beyond NH.
Third talk in the summer series at the Warner House—On 8/2/2018 at 5:30 PM, Curator Sandra Rux talks about Benning Wentworth, 1st Royal Governor of New Hampshire, & his time at the house. Reservations are not required. Free for Warner House members. Public admission is $10
A Grand Design—The second lecture of our 2018 season Celebrations Public and Private will feature Jeff Hopper with a discussion of Archibald and Sara Macpheadris’ grand house—a merchant’s mansion on the banks of the Piscataqua. July 12, 5:30 PM
Celebrations Public and Private: a curatorial talk with Sandra Rux at the Warner House at 5:30 on Thursday June 14. Light refreshments will be served. The cost is $10 ($35 for the entire series of 5 lectures) and is free for Warner House members.
The gardens are so special thanks to these wonderful volunteers led by Warner House board member Caroline Fesquet! ❤️❤️❤️
Remember to come join the Warner House for our annual Costumed Tea on Market Square Day this Saturday. Free to the public. https://t.co/VEjnjIoZQG
After much study and research, priming has begun on the southwest bedchamber, which appears to have been a shade of Prussian blue after mid-18th century. Adelphi wallpaper will complete the room later this summer.