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The first single-room Mertz Log Home was built in 1849 by Ludwig and Salome Mertz, and the house was expanded over the following 10 years. The Mertz family had immigrated from Alsace-Lorraine in 1847. Its original location was on the campus of present-day Maryville University, in an area known as New Alsace because many immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine lived there. The front-yard vegetable garden is called a Nutzgarten, or useful garden. The Mertz compound includes the Wiehage Smokehouse, an insecticidal and dye garden, woodshed, outhouse, and beehive oven.
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