title: Morgan-Skinner-Boyd Homestead
text: # Morgan-Skinner-Boyd Homestead
  
  Morgan-Skinner-Boyd Homestead, also known as Walnut Grove, is a historic home located at Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana. The original section of the house was built in 1877, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick dwelling with a low pitched roof topped by a cupola. A kitchen addition was added about 1900, along with a one-story, wood-frame addition. The house features porches with Eastlake movement decoration. Also on the property are the contributing pump house (c. 1877), milk shed (c. 1900), and granary (c. $1877).^{:5–6}$
  
  It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
  
  