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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Levan Merritt home in Medina, New York.


About 1968 Office of Town of Ridgeway
10-3-2014 photo of Medina Historical Society
Photographs of Merritt Home in Medina, New York and 
Home of Medina Historical Society


About 1865 picture of children of Levan and Cynthia Merritt, raised in the home.  Left to Right: Henry Sanford, Lee Wheeler, Charles Johnson, rt., had just survived service in the Civil War.  Left to Right:  Cynthia Adeline, Julia, Henrietta Elsie. 


406 West Street, Levan Merritt home built 1841.  Medina Historical Society Museum


Charles J Merritt etal owned the Levan Merritt home in 1915, showing barn and woodshed


woodshed 1897

1850 Cynthia Patience Loomis Merritt























Cynthia Merritt  1886


Kitchen Door


Levan Merritt 1886
front parlor

front parlor


Levan Merritt 1850



Merritt sisters 1891: Henrietta Elsie, Cynthia Adeline, Julia.

Dining Room,  Antiques from Sandy Hook, Newtown, probably.  Antiques distributed to Merritt descendants; Helen Merritt had the glass candlesticks; Frank Merritt had the small bed warmer; Crawford Merritt had a carriage clock.  James Merritt had a porringer used by Levan Merritt as a boy.  Large wheel used to spin wool.


dining room, with flax wheel
   
West side and front view

North side kitchen door

North side and front view porch

large old walnut tree in back yard
               
View of barn in back yard



back yard

flower garden

     
Charles J. Merritt, 1861 --  5 th.Vol.Conn. Infantry, 1st.Conn. Calvary, US Army 

Rear View


1892 portrait is prob. Levan Merritt; Cynthia Merritt seated
                                                                         


Side View
                                                                                 
Henry S Merritt 1860
Lee Wheeler Merritt, youngest son
Dining room decorated for Christmas

Map of Medina, showing the home in the center. In the rear is the new Ridgeway Town Office 2014. 
Detail from wooden doors in the basement
fireplace foundation in basement

Dining Room
Miltary memorial room

Levan Merritt's porringer used when he was a boy

Dining Room

Kitchen
Reinhard Rogowski, Gordon Merritt in front hall

Dining Room

Hand Hewn Beams, in basement

Front Parlor

Carolyn Merritt walking up the staircase in front hall
Front Hallway



Medina Area Paranormal Society
Medina Sandstone Society
Medina Historical Society
Detail of stairway


Front Hallway

Door Handle

Reinhard Rogowski, Pres. Medina Historical Society


Links:
Medina Historical Society

Medina Area Paranormal Society


Orleans hub.com

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1 comment:

  1. Just bought a cabinet card photo of S. W. Merritt, and found this page in the process of research.

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