Merrick Art Gallery
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For the 17th century buccaneer, see Edward Dempster.
The Merrick Art Gallery is an early private art museum in western Pennsylvania, founded by industrialist Edward Dempster Merrick in 1880 in the old New Brighton, Pennsylvania railroad station. The gallery, or museum, was expanded to two connected buildings holding 240 works of art, and remains open, free-of-charge, to the public. The gallery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[2]
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Merrick Art Gallery | |
Location | 5th Ave. and 11th St., New Brighton, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°43′59″N 80°18′39″W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1850 (1850) |
Architectural style | Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 83002215[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 5, 1983 |
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