Harrington Merrill House

Harrington Merrill House. . , HM House Important Dates, 1855, Hutchinson becomes a town. , 1857, Lewis Harrington and Ellen Pendergast marry. , 1858, Harrington's [sic] finish building the house. , 1858, Minnesota becomes a state. , 1862, The house survives an attack by the Dakota during the US-Dakota War. , 1884, Lewis Harrington dies. , 1886, Harry Merrill marries the Harrington's daughter, Martha. The couple move into the house with Martha's mother, Ellen Harrington. , 1915, Ellen Pendergast Harrington dies. , 1932, Harry Merril [sic] dies. , 1935, Martha Merrill dies. Merrill's son, Lewis, becomes the owner of the house. , 1945, circa Barn is moved off the property. , 1970, Lewis Merrill dies and the home falls into disrepair. , 2000, Historic Hutchinson is formed. , 2002, Fire destroys the kitchen wing of the house and severely damages the rest of the structure. , 2003, The house is acquired by the City of Hutchinson. Historic Hutchinson partners with the city to restore the house. , 2007, Damaged kitchen and interior of the main house are rebuilt/repaired. , 2012, Placed on National Registry of Historic Places , 2017-2018, Original carriage house is repaired and restored. , 2021-2022, Historic Hutchinson discovers the barn and saves it from demolition. The barn is moved to its original location., HM House Architecture/Renovations, 1858, The home was built in the Greek Revival style by Lewis and Ellen Harrington. A two story home with a front gabled entrance and a one story, shed-roof entry porch., 1886, Harry and Martha (Harrington) Merrill add new Victorian architectural design. A two-story bay window and one-story box bay window were added to the south side. A one-story summer kitchen wing was added to the west side. Between 1890-1915 a screened pavilion on the south and a bedroom on the north were added., 1915, Floor plan of HM House., 1935, Lewis Merrill changed the old Victorian details. The two-story bay windows became a one-story entry. The summer kitchen was removed, the porch of the kitchen wing was altered and a second dormer window added., 2007, Historic Hutchinson and The City of Hutchinson began the restoration process to restore its appearance to the 1886 to early 1900's renovations.