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Helen’s Room: A look at Victorian dolls

30 May 2023

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

Helen Merrill's bedroom stops children in their tracks when touring the Merrill House Museum. Can you guess why?

Celebrating the Merrill House Historic Landmark Status

24 May 2023

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

May is National Historic Preservation Month and the Jacksonville Historical Society is pleased to manage four historic properties, three of which are landmarks.

Victorian Era Hygiene

21 Mar 2023

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

The James E. Merrill House Museum is full of interesting -- and sometimes strange -- items common to households in the Victorian era. Each month, Merrill House Museum Coordinator Nancy Gandy takes us on a tour of the two-story house, pointing out some of the oddities.

Postcards from Christmas Past

31 Dec 2022

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

For a long time, postcards were the most popular way for the people of Jacksonville to not only send their season’s greetings to those they cared about, but for them to receive letters of holiday joy in return.

Local Personality, International Star

31 Dec 2022

Georgia Pribanic

From the Archive

A Riff from the Past...who created WJCT's weekly jazz radio show, Jazz Corner?

A Victorian Christmas in the Merrill House

31 Dec 2022

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

The James E. Merrill House Museum was decked out in holiday glory, thanks to Merrill House Museum Coordinator Nancy Gandy and volunteer docents Georgia Pribanic and Duncan Sawyer. Take a peek...