Background
Merry was born in England and emigrated to the United States as a child.
Merry was born in England and emigrated to the United States as a child.
He worked for an architectural firm in Philadelphia before becoming principal in the New York City office of Henry Hobson Richardson"s architectural firm. He opened his own practice at some point and is listed as the architect of the ladies parlour (1889) of the South Congregation Church complex in Brooklyn, New New York