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The Merrium Apartments, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was a historic building located in Downtown Sacramento, California.

History

The building was built in 1912 or 1913 by attorney Chauncey H. Dunn and named after his wife, Merrium.^[2]^[3] The building housed 42 units complete with an icehouse in the basement and two elevators. It had many modern conveniences that were touted at the time of its opening, including the free ice, free telephone service, and close proximity to the business district.^[3]

In 1987, the City of Sacramento, motivated by the desire to expand the Sacramento Convention Center, made plans to demolish many buildings that were in the area bounded by 14th and 15th streets and J and K streets, which included the Merrium Apartments.^[2] In an effort to save the building, the Sacramento Old City Association nominated the building for historic status knowing that the city could still decide to demolish it.^[4] After being designated a historic building soon after the nomination, city officials did not change their plans. Preservationists proposed moving the building to another site but it was deemed too costly at an estimated $3.5 million.^[5] A local company volunteered to demolish the building for free in exchange for the materials it could salvage from it.^[6] In a last effort to save the building, the Sacramento Old City Associated took the matters to an appellate court to stop the razing. The court ruled that the association had no standing and so it was appealed and taken to the California Supreme Court.^[7] The Supreme Court declined to review the case and the stay of the demolition was lifted.^[8]

The building was finally destroyed on September 4, 1991. The demolition company salvaged some of the bricks and other materials and the City of Sacramento saved all the materials for an entire apartment to one day be reconstructed in a museum.^[9]

References

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2. ^¹{{cite news|title=CUTTING OUT THE CORE OF SACRAMENTO|last=Sylva|first=Bob|date=4 January 1987|work=Sacramento Bee|page=MG5}}
3. ^¹{{cite journal|url={{NRHP url|id=90001386}}|format=pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Merrium Apartments|year=1990|publisher=National Park Service}}{{cite journal|url={{NRHP url|id=90001386|photos=y}}|format=pdf|title=Accompanying 62 photos, from 1990.|work=National Register of Historic Places Inventory}}
4. ^{{cite news|title=HISTORIC STATUS FOR MERRIUM?|date=2 August 1990|work=Sacramento Bee|page=B8}}
5. ^{{cite news|title=MERRIUM NOW U.S. HISTORIC SITE BUT STILL SET TO COME DOWN|date=20 September 1990|work=Sacramento Bee|page=B5}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=MERRIUM DEMOLITION FOR FREE|date=20 March 1991|work=Sacramento Bee|page=B4}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=MERRIUM DEFENDERS LOSE COURT RULING|last=Chavez|first=Ken|date=1 May 1991|work=Sacramento Bee|page=B3}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=MERRIUM'S FATE APPEARS SEALED BY STATE HIGH COURT|last=Chavez|first=Ken|date=24 August 1991|work=Sacramento Bee|page=B1}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=WRECKING BALL TURNED LOOSE ON HISTORIC MERRIUM BUILDING|last=Slater|first=Pam|date=5 September 1991|work=Sacramento Bee|page=B1}}

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