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Merrill Estate
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1874 S. County Road, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°39′6″N 70°24′11″W / 41.65167°N 70.40306°W / 41.65167; -70.40306
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1750
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Georgian
MPS	Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No.	87000268
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1987

The Merrill Estate is a historic estate in the Marstons Mills section of Barnstable, Massachusetts. The estate house started as a 1+1⁄2-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+1⁄2-story Greek Revival ell that was added to the front of the house. The property includes an old English barn.

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.

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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

References

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

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