Morgan-Skinner-Boyd Homestead
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Morgan-Skinner-Boyd Homestead, also known as Walnut Grove, is a historic home located at
Merrillville Merrillville is a town in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 35,246 at the 2010 census. Merrillville is in east-central Lake County, in the Chicago metropolitan area. On January 1, 2015, Merrillville became the ...
, Lake County, Indiana. The original section of the house was built in 1877, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick dwelling with a low pitched roof topped by a cupola. A kitchen addition was added about 1900, along with a one-story, wood-frame addition. The house features porches with Eastlake movement decoration. Also on the property are the contributing pump house (c. 1877), milk shed (c. 1900), and granary (c. 1877). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Houses completed in 1877 Buildings and structures in Lake County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Indiana 1877 establishments in Indiana {{LakeCountyIN-NRHP-stub