Documentation compiled by Mrs. Anna M. Phalon for the National Register Nomination of the Wheeler-Merriam House (477 Virginia Road) in Concord, MA, 1692-1982 (bulk 1980-1982).

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Documentation compiled by Mrs. Anna M. Phalon for the National Register Nomination of the Wheeler-Merriam House (477 Virginia Road) in Concord, MA, 1692-1982 (bulk 1980-1982).

The materials within this collection represent the research of Anna Phalon, and were used in support of her application to the National Register of Historic Places (the "NRHP") for the Wheeler-Merriam House at 477 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts, which she prepared between 1980 and 1982. The collection includes extensive genealogical notes taken by Anna Phalon on the Wheeler, Merriam, and Algeo families. Property conveyances are documented through copies of deeds and probate documents dating from the time the house was built in 1692 to 1979. The collection also contains photocopied original and reconstruction maps showing the property and surrounding area between 1754 and 1967. The photographs in the collection are of the interior and exterior of the house, as required by the NRHP. There is a small amount of correspondence between Anna Phalon and members of the Wheeler, Merriam and Algeo families. The originals of the photographs incorporated in Anna Phalon's application to the NRHP are found in Series II, Subseries B. This collection contains both dated and undated materials.

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National Register of Historic Places

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Wheeler family.

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Wheeler-Merriam House (Concord, Mass.)

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Merriam family.

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Phalon, Anna M.

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The Wheeler-Merriam House is located at 477 Virginia Road, which lies in the eastern section of Concord, Massachusetts. The house is on a 35-acre lot on the southwest side of Pine Hill. It was built in 1692 by Sergeant Thomas Wheeler, a settler of Concord. Originally from Bedfordshire, England, he came to Concord in 1636. Thomas married Sarah Merriam in 1648. The house was built for his son Timothy and Timothy's wife Lydia Wheeler as a wedding present. Not long after its construction the house w...

Algeo family.

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