A Japanese inspired house, teahouse and garage situated on a sensitive site; an Eastern white pine bluff, mediating between a farm meadow and expansive views over the Merrimack River and an inland estuary in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The contemporary house design…
Above: The Parsonage, Community Hall and Sanctuary, from left to right. The First Unitarian-Universalist Society of Exeter was organized in 1819 and is located on Elm Street directly across from Phillips Exeter Academy. The current sanctuary, originally named “Unity Hall,”…
The Amesbury Carriage Museum (ACM) is a small history organization in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Their mission is to champion the history of Amesbury industry and people with programs and events for adults and families. Currently the ACM is a museum without…
Newburyport, MA The Belleville Church meeting house was built in 1867, the third structure to be built on the site, replacing those built in 1807 and 1816 that were destroyed by fire. It is joined to the west by a…
The First Congregational Society-Unitarian of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire is a fine example of Greek Revival meeting house architecture. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it was built in 1838 according to the Grecian orders of architecture described…
Stephen Jacob House c.1784, above, framed by two large black walnut trees. Stephen Jacob was a prominent Vermont attorney, serving in the American Revolution, appointed Vermont’s first district attorney and was one of the original signers of the state constitution.…
Abditory (n.) a place into which you can disappear; a hiding place. The artist moved a former studio to this newly designed structure, adjacent to the weekend country house of his partner where they will now live full-time. A simple…
Amesbury, Massachusetts In early 2015, Merrimack Design began working with Our Neighbors' Table to evaluate the feasibility of converting a former retail store, laundromat and dry cleaning establishment into a new facility to support their mission. We are providing assistance…
The 1816 Simeon Folsom House was purchased in August 2014 and since that time has undergone an extensive exterior restoration. The building has a unique curved facade and was perhaps built by Jonathan Folsom (1785-1825), a Portsmouth, NH builder. The…
While researching a presentation on Meeting House and Church Architecture in Amesbury and Salisbury in April 2011, a colleague speculated that the 1785 Rocky Hill Meeting House in Amesbury, MA (shown above) was very similar and likely was designed and…