The Merrick Residence

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Merrick Residence - 1948

The original Merrick residence was built in 1899 by Rev. Solomon Merrick as a home base for the family’s 3,000-acre grapefruit plantation. It was a modest frame house that, by 1918, had been upgraded to a home encased in coral rock that was quarried from what is now the Venetian Pool. During the Great Depression, it became a boarding house called Merrick Manor. The city acquired the home and restored it in 1976. Restored again this year to its former glory, it is once again open to visitors.

Merrick Residence - Now

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IN 1948:

Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated at the age of 78

Gasoline cost 16 cents a gallon

Israel is declared an independent state

The first Polaroid camera goes on sale

NASCAR holds its first race at Daytona Beach

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