Merrill Estate

	Merrill Estate
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	1874 South County Road
Location	Barnstable, Massachusetts
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1750
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Georgian, Other
MPS	Barnstable MRA
NRHP reference No.	87000268
Added to NRHP	September 18, 1987

The Merrill Estate is a historic estate at 1874 S. County Road 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.^[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 F. 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]