Merrill's Wharf Historic District
The Merrill's Wharf Historic District is a historic district encompassing a portion of the waterfront area of New Bedford, Massachusetts. It encompasses two wharves just to the south of State Pier: the Steamboat Pier and the adjacent Coal Packet Pier. Also included is the stone counting house built by Edward Merrill, the last surviving stone waterfront structure from New Bedford's heyday as a whaling center.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is now part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, with interpretive signs. The schooner Ernestina, a National Historic Landmark ship owned by the state, is berthed at Steamship Wharf.
