John Merrick built homes adjoining Meetinghouse Square for two daughters.

• The Pleasants House, built in 1788 at 14 Meetinghouse Square, stands to the right of the Burges-Lippincott House.  A two-story stone structure, it bears a date stone high in the gable. Interior features include a walk-in fireplace and stone dry sink. 
  Privately owned.
• The Hough House, next down Old Tyburn Road, was started circa 1768.  The larger section was added in about 1783, when the daughter married Jessie Hough, a tanner.
  Privately owned.
  The ruins of the tannery lie in the woods behind the house.