Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House

{{short description|Historic house in Nebraska, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House

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| image = Mercer house Cuming Street from SE 1.JPG

| caption = Mercer house, seen from the southeast

| location = 3920 Cuming Street,
Omaha, Nebraska

| coordinates = {{coord|41|16|6.6|N|95|58|19.6|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Nebraska#USA

| area =

| built = 1883

| architect =

| architecture = Queen Anne Revival

| added = June 17, 1976

| refnum = 76001130{{NRISref|2007a}}

}}

The Dr. Samuel D. Mercer House was built in 1885 in the historic Walnut Hill neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Samuel Mercer was the chief surgeon of the Union Pacific Railroad, and the founder of Omaha's first hospital.

A grand 23-room red brick mansion built in the Queen Anne style, the key feature of the home is a three-story square tower that rises above the south side main entrance. The cost of the structure was $60,000. The home is the crown jewel of the neighborhood Mercer platted in the 1880s. In the 1880s the city's cable cars stopped at the Mercer House.Mead and Hunt. (2003) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061116013347/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/reports/omaha_central.pdf Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Neighborhoods in Central Omaha, Nebraska: Nebraska Historic Buildings Survey]}}. City of Omaha. Retrieved 7/8/07. The house has been subdivided into apartments and much of the elaborate Victorian trim was removed in 1926.{{cite book|last=Jeffrey S. Spencer [researcher & writer]|first=Kristine Gerber [project director]|title=Building for the ages : Omaha's architectural landmarks|date=2003|publisher=Omaha Books|location=Omaha, Neb.|isbn=0-9745410-1-X|page=59|edition=1st}} The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.(nd) [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ne/Douglas/state2.html National Register of Historic Places in Douglas County, Nebraska]. Retrieved 7/8/07.