Merrill Estate

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Merrill Estate
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Location1874 S. County Road,
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°39′6″N70°24′11″W / 41.65167°N 70.40306°W / 41.65167; -70.40306 Coordinates: 41°39′6″N70°24′11″W / 41.65167°N 70.40306°W / 41.65167; -70.40306
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1750
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Georgian
MPS Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No. 87000268 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 18, 1987

The Merrill Estate is a historic estate in the Marstons Mills section of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The estate house started as a 1+12-story Cape style house, with five bays and a large central chimney, built c. 1750–1775. This Georgian structure was extended in the middle of the 19th century with a 1+12-story Greek Revival ell that was added to the front of the house. The property includes an old English barn. [2]

The early ownership history of this property is not none because a fire at the county courthouse in 1827 destroyed those records. The earliest surviving record records the sale of the house between two ship captains. William Sturgis, the buyer, was a noted local philanthropist, funding Barnstable's first library. The house was owned by members of the Merrill family as a summer estate from 1889. [2]

The estate was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, [1] cited as a well-preserved local example of a Georgian colonial house with Greek Revival alterations. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "MACRIS inventory record for Merrill Estate". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-02.