The house, located at 600 Ferry Street in Dayton, is one of Oregon's finest historic homes.

Palmer returned to Indiana for his family and came to Oregon again in 1847, to find that his land claim had been jumped.

His brother-in-law decided not to return to Oregon, so Palmer settled that claim instead, located about six miles (10 km) south of Dayton.

Palmer was called away around December 15, 1847, to be Commissary General of the Military Forces of Oregon Territory to handle the Cayuse War at the Whitman Mission, and afterward left for the California Gold Rush.

Since 1996, the house has functioned as an upscale restaurant featuring creative local cuisine.