Mount Merrill
Mount Merrill is an interactive children’s play area on the eastern side of the park, adjacent to the Leaf. It is a handicap accessible climbing mound that offers:
- 2 Slides—the Little Slide and the Big Slide
- Climbing Net
- Big Curving Benches
- Amphitheater Seating
- The Ramp Up
- A “Look-out!” Area
- Boulder Climb
Why the Name?
The name honors the memory of a dear friend of the Park who died in a tragic car accident. Merrill Davis was the always-helpful guy from our neighborhood nursery and garden store, Stone Brothers and Byrd. Merrill was there seeding the first lawn at the Pavilion back when there were hardly any folks walking on it. His wedding in 2009 was one of the first weddings in the Pavilion.
Merrill was a tireless fundraiser for the Durham Exchange Club, whose focus is to benefit children in the Durham area. “Mount Merrill” is the perfect name for an attraction that will draw children and families from throughout the community.
Thank You
Mount Merrill was made possible because of the generous support of businesses and individuals in the community—including a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Special Thanks
Measurement Inc.
The Exchange Club of Greater DurhamBIN Foundation
Acme Plumbing Co.
Larry & Lee Ann Tilley
Erwin Oil Company
Mark & Cynthia Kuhn
Stone Brothers & Byrd
Registered Creative
Independent Donors
- Kathryn Meyers
- Thomas & Margaret Q Keller
- Christina & Jonathan Fish
- Allen & Claire Wilcox
- Deborah & James Dobbins
- Mary Emory Luikart
- Dave Austin & Pam George
- Caelia & Andrew Bingham
- Committee to Re-Elect Catotti
- Tom & Michelle Dekker
- Jody White
- Barker & Cavett French
- Carol Anderson
- B. Ilene Nelson
- Cynthia L. Shimer & Eric N. Wiebe
- Katherine Skinner
- Courtney & Michael James
- Joanne Abel
- Clay & Leigh Bordley
- Ann & Lex Alexander
- Libby & Dub Gulley
- Michael A. Massey
- Blossom Garden Club/Lynne Alexander
- Ninna I. Burkill
- Darcey D. Martin
- George Merrill Davis
- Lee Ann & Larry Tilley
- James W. EdneyIII & Linda Logan
- Julia Borbely-Brown
- Alice Sharpe
- Keith & Brenda Brodie
- Ben & Joyce Weber
- Henry Belo Shelton
- Ron D. Sieber
- Caroline Sasser & Louis L. Sasser Jr
- Sharon K. Fowler
- J. Stuart & GertrudeM. Smith
- Dr. Helen Boussios
- Scott & Carol Kennedy
- Genesa Trogden
- Ellen Dagenhart
- Jack Braswell, Jr & Susan Dabbs
- Exchange Club of Great Durham
- Suzanne Wasiolek
- Amy Stanfield
- Sarah & Welford Artz
- Barker & Cavett French
- Wiliam & Jacquelyn Epperson
- L. Huntley Braswell
- Max & Jane Isley
- Ken Richardson
- Winston Weaver Co. Inc
- Shanna Bierman
- Dara Shain
- Dennis Meek
- Howard Claggion, Jr
- Teri Epsten
- Aaron Sebens
- Merywen Wigley
- MIchael Hanas & Susan Gouchoe
- Paul Marsh & Jennifer Longee
- Caelia & Andrew Bingham
- Plantworks Nursery
- Clara Murray
- Thomas & Beverly Hawkins
- Hyde Distributing Inc
- Rhonda C. Swaringen
- Stephen Barefoot
- Amy Pine
- Katherine Gill
- Thomas & Margaret Keller
- Rochelle Sparko
- John Hite
- Bonny Moellenbrock
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- Sarah Gauger
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- John Mays
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- Caroline Sasser & Louis L. Sasser Jr
- Janet M. Scovil
- Sharon K. Fowler
- Acme Plumbing
- Frederick R. Umstead (Randy)
- Elizabeth & James Winborne, Jr
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- Andy and Linda Haynes
- Fowlers Nursery
- Barbara Elliott
- Leon & Areli Grodski de Barrera, Cocoa Cinnamon
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- Carlene Bryon
- Ben & Joyce Weber & Tankersley Family
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- Richard & Lonna Harkrader
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- Mike O’Day
- Ed Embree
- Nancy Alyea Schiebel
- Max Isley
- Mark & Cindy Kuhn
- Janet & Gerald Storms
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- Jennifer & Todd Owen
- Mark E. Holt
- Altered Image Hair Designers
- John Horton
- Susanne Meghdadpour
- Durham Merchants Assoc. CHaritable Foundation
- Margareta Claessen
- Exchange Club of Greater Durham
- J. Linn Mackey
- Tracy Whitford
- Sandra & Kenneth Lyles
- Carolyn Kroll
- Thomas Jones & Anna Vandis
- Esther & Peter Bent
- Ann D. Thornton
- Catherine M. Shaffer
- William Laurence Tilley Jr
- Janet G. Celko
- Polly E. Moore
- Carol W. Anderson
- Christine Miller Ramsey
- Donna R. Elium
- Eric Chetwood
- Ronnie & Mary King
- James & Renee Hill
- Patricia Hoover
- Jessica Brock,Longfellow Real Estate Partners, LLC
- Page & Kathryn Wilson
- Mike Bigsby & Ann Waring
- Sean Felton, Durham Lions Club
- Carol Ostrow
- Karen & Robert (Skip) Anderson
- Paul & Karen Stirrup
- Blue Note Grill, Bill & Andrea Whittington
- Kickstarter transfer
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- Yadkin Bank
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- Anne Williams & John Burness
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- Max Isley
- M. E. Mangum
- Square 1 Bank, Douglas Bowers
- PNC, Jenny Grant
- Sarah Fuller
- Elizabeth Johnson & Fabian Heitsch
- Andy & Ginny Widmark
- June Forsyth, Durham Council of Garden Clubs
- Hank Scherich, Measurement Inc
- Dan Erwin, Erwin Oil Company, Inc.
- Kathy Carter & Fred Peterson
- Croasdaile Garden Club, Karen Bordeaux
- Wayne & Rhonda Lee
- An Italian Feast to Warm the Heart before PayPal
- anonymous
- Hope Valley Garden Club, Missy McLeod
- Irene Skowronek
- BIN Foundation, Dr. Barbara Newborg
- Julie White
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- Lucy Stokes
- Leigh & Clay Bordley
- Rhonda C. Swaringen
- Daylily Garden Club/Rhonda Pollard, President
- Meghan Weiseman
- Twelve Labours Foundation Inc/ J. Alston Gardner
- Sharon K. Fowler
- Liberty Warehouse Apartments, LLC (East West)
- RD Sieber
- John L. Weinerth, MD
Kickstarter Backers
- Neil Hoefs
- Sierra Stults
- Marsha Silver
- Johnny
- Helen Griffin
- Egger Family
- Shanon Schuster
- Stephanie Wilson
- Leslie Land
- Boomer Jeff Bakalchuck
- Kaitlin Strauss
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- Joel Lieberman
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- Tim Dodge
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- Wendy Tregay
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- Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
- Lauren Sacks
- Andy & Annie Scott
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- Tobin Freid
- Anson Burtch
- Chad Haefele
- Meredith Pittman
- The Moran Family
- Chris Brown
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- Rebecca Daniels
- The Warner Family
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- Arthur William Taub
- Cocoa Cinnamon & bikeCOFFEE
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- Erica Rapport Gringle
- Kara, Molly & Alix MacKillop
- Tom Burns
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