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70: 53: 95: 233:, the key feature of the home is a three-story square tower that rises above the south side main entrance. The cost of the structure was $ 60,000. The home is the crown jewel of the neighborhood Mercer platted in the 1880s. In the 1880s the city's cable cars stopped at the Mercer House. The house has been subdivided into apartments and much of the elaborate Victorian trim was removed in 1926. The house was listed on the 102: 77: 1840: 1096: 1666: 1171: 1035: 1121: 1106: 1081: 1626: 1141: 1646: 880: 975: 1691: 1676: 1671: 136: 1641: 1566: 1739: 1656: 1446: 1196: 230: 1860: 1231: 522: 1186: 1101: 1591: 1131: 865: 595: 453: 328: 1456: 1401: 855: 1850: 94: 1845: 1161: 1181: 69: 1835: 1816: 1176: 1166: 653: 645: 399: 1855: 1661: 409: 1521: 1411: 1071: 763: 716: 590: 1426: 860: 668: 1086: 885: 443: 438: 433: 374: 251: 1778: 1696: 1651: 1616: 1281: 1266: 1017: 1008: 673: 276: 234: 39: 1734: 1706: 1501: 1436: 1216: 1091: 850: 696: 1551: 1516: 1441: 1276: 1151: 404: 311: 1757: 1261: 1236: 1136: 683: 570: 391: 246: 1729: 1581: 1531: 1316: 797: 630: 1865: 1506: 783: 706: 550: 329:
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Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House is located in Nebraska
Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House is located in the United States
Omaha, Nebraska
41°16′6.6″N 95°58′19.6″W / 41.268500°N 95.972111°W / 41.268500; -95.972111
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Walnut Hill
Omaha, Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
mansion
Queen Anne style
National Register of Historic Places
History of North Omaha, Nebraska
Architecture of North Omaha, Nebraska
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service




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Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Neighborhoods in Central Omaha, Nebraska: Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey
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