Captain Merritt House, Bath

Name: Captain Merritt House
Address: Bath, United States

#12 among attractions in Bath

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The Captain Merritt House is a historic house at 619 High Street in Bath, Maine. Built in 1851 for a ship's captain, its lavish Italianate styling epitomizes the wealth that came to the city in the mid-19th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ()

Built: 1851 (173 years ago)Coordinates: 43°54'25"N, 69°49'12"W

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Captain Merritt House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maine Maritime Museum, William T. Donnell House, Winter Street Church, Carlton Bridge.

0.9 miS
Specialty museum, History museum, Maritime museum
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
24 min walk • Maine Maritime Museum, formerly the Bath Marine Museum, offers some exhibits about Maine's maritime heritage, culture and the role Maine has played in regional and global maritime activities.
0.8 miS
Museum, History museum, Italianate architecture
William T. Donnell House, Bath
22 min walk • The William T. Donnell House is a historic house museum, part of the Maine Maritime Museum on Washington Street in Bath, Maine.
0.6 miN
Church
Winter Street Church, Bath
17 min walk • The Winter Street Church, originally known as the Winter Street Congregational Church, is an historic former Congregational church at 880 Washington Street, corner of Winter Street in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Built in 1843-44, it is a fine early example of Gothic Revival architecture, designed and built by a local master builder.
0.7 miNE
Bridge
Carlton Bridge, Bath
18 min walk • The Carlton Bridge is a railroad vertical-lift bridge which carries one rail line over the Kennebec River between Bath and Woolwich, Maine. It was completed in 1927. Until August 1, 2000, it also carried two lanes of U.S.
0.8 miNE
Bridge
Sagadahoc Bridge, Bath
20 min walk • The Sagadahoc Bridge is a four-lane concrete segmental box girder bridge between the City of Bath and the town of Woolwich, Maine, carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Kennebec River.
0.4 miN
43°54'47"N • 69°49'1"W
The Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath
12 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
0.7 miN
Library
Patten Free Library, Bath
17 min walk • The Patten Free Library is a public library in Bath, Maine, United States. It also serves the communities of Arrowsic, Georgetown, West Bath, and Woolwich. The Patten Library Association was founded in 1847. In 1887, Galen C. Moses donated $10,000 to fund a building for the library.
0.4 miS
Interesting neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Trufant Historic District, Bath
12 min walk • The Trufant Historic District encompasses a concentration of 19th-century middle-class residential housing on the south side of Bath, Maine. This area was most heavily developed during Bath's heyday as a major shipbuilding center, and includes numerous examples of Greek Revival and Italianate styling.
0.4 miNE
Neo-renaissance architecture
United States Customhouse and Post Office, Bath
11 min walk • The U.S. Customhouse and Post Office is a historic commercial building at 1 Front Street in downtown Bath, Maine. Built by the federal government in 1858, it is a fine example of Italianate architecture designed by Ammi B.
1.3 miNE
Town
Woolwich
35 min walk • Woolwich is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,068 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Captain Merritt House?

Nearby attractions include United States Customhouse and Post Office, Bath (11 min walk), The Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath (12 min walk), Trufant Historic District, Bath (12 min walk), Winter Street Church, Bath (17 min walk).

How to get to Captain Merritt House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Captain Merritt House:

Bus

Seacliff • Lines: North Loop (11 min walk)
Shaw's • Lines: North Loop (12 min walk)