Tiny Town

In the mid 1800s Methodists started making a pilgrimage to Merrick to camp and pray. They would arrive in their wagons and park them in two circles, one inside the other. Eventually some of them started building small cottages which offered more comfort than the wagons. A chapel and a home for the minister was also built. It was in the 1920s they stopped using the campground. The cottages and church buildings became local housing that exists today. In fact the two roads that encompass the area are the original paths the wagons would encircle. The area is known today as Tiny Town because of the small size of the original cottages.

The chapel

I love that chimney.

The circular roads are from where the wagons would park.

A couple of the original cottages.