MERRIMAN-BOBYS HOUSE

ON ORIGINAL SPANISH LAND GRANT OF 1831, "RINCON de OSO". BUILT 1851. LUMBER OF NATIVE WOOD, SAWED BY HAND. SQUARE NAILS. 3 GABLES, 2 CHIMNEYS. COMMANDEERED AS HOSPITAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND IN A YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC. SCENE OF MANY GALA AFFAIRS.