Palmer-Marsh House. Colonial home of Colonel Robert Palmer, Surveyor-General of North Carolina 1753-1771 and Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath. Built c. 1744, probably by Michael Coutanche, it is one of the oldest surviving dwelling-houses in the State. Governor William 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.
