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Frederick Carles Merry, 
Merry was born in Edgbaston, near Birmingham in England, and emigrated to the United States when he was ten years old. The family settled in
"Designation List 153: "South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory,"
(New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1982), p.1-4.
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, (June 16, 1837 – March 4, 1900) was an American architect active in late-nineteenth-century New York City.
Merry was born in Edgbaston, near Birmingham in England, and emigrated to the United States when he was ten years old. The family settled in Camden, New Jersey
Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...
where his father became owner of a chemical works. He worked for an architectural firm in Philadelphia before becoming principal assistant in the New York City office of Henry Hobson Richardson's architectural firm. Between 1861 and 1865 he was in practice with James C. Sidney, and during this period worked on Fairmount Park
Fairmount Park is the largest municipal park in Philadelphia and the historic name for a group of parks located throughout the city. Fairmount Park consists of two park sections named East Park and West Park, divided by the Schuylkill River, with ...
in Philadelphia. See the Talk page for comment on the discrepancy of dates. From 1866 he had an office in Philadelphia, and by 1869 was working in New York City.
Per Lisa B. Mauusolf's 1983 Master's Thesis at Columbia University, "A Catalog of the Work of George B. Post
George Browne Post (December 15, 1837 – November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. He was recognized as a master of modern American architecture as well as being instrumental in the birth of the skyscra ...
, Architect," Merry appears in the salary lists for Post's architectural office as early as 1866. Merry is listed as principal draftsman for Post in 1870 and supervised many projects for Post. His increasingly significant position in the Post office is reflected in the fact that he received a cut of the profits in 1873. Merry left the Post firm in 1877, according to letterpress correspondence in the Post firm's archives.
In 1877 he travelled to Canada to assist with designs for reconstruction after the disastrous 1877 Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick
The Great Saint John Fire was an urban fire that devastated much of Saint John, New Brunswick in June 1877. It destroyed two-fifths of the city of Saint John.
Fire
At 2:30 on the afternoon of June 20, 1877, a spark fell into a bundle of hay in ...
. In 1879 he entered a competition for a design for the New Brunswick legislative building, but his design was not chosen. His buildings include: 52-54 8th Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City (1886); The Brooklyn Life Insurance Building, Liberty Street, New York City (c1885); and the ladies parlour (1889) of the South Congregation Church complex in Brooklyn, New York. Andrew S. Dolkhart"Designation List 153: "South Congregational Church, Chapel, Ladies Parlor, and Rectory,"
(New York: Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1982), p.1-4.
References
Year of birth unknown 1900 deaths English emigrants to the United States Architects from New York City 1837 births {{US-architect-stub