Palmer Cabin/Jolivette House

At this location in 1846, Isaac Palmer built the first log cabin in Lodi. Palmer was drawn to this area by the availabilty of good land, lack of settlement, and the presence of Spring Creek which could provide power for a grist mill and sawmill. Palmer's log cabin was not here very long before it was replaced by the house built for Joel Eaton that stands here today. The house was acquired in 1988 by a generous gift from native son Ray Brown and renamed the Jolivette Memorial House in memory of his beloved wife, Margaret Jolivette Brown. The Jolivette House now houses the Lodi Valley Historical Society.