Meyrick, Henry
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Henry Meyrick was a realtor and Santa Cruz promoter in the 1870s-80s. Meyrick's Real Estate Exchange was the main ground-floor tenant in the 1878 Duncan Block, at the southwest corner of Pacific Avenue and Lincoln Street. In 1910, the building was bought by Morris Abrams.
- Santa Cruz County, Calif. Illustrations, with Historical Sketch (1879 book) includes a drawing of the 1878 commercial building owned by Duncan McPherson (page 71), where the building name "Duncan Block" can be seen on the roof parapet above the corner entrance.
- In 1880, Meyrick published a Santa Cruz County tourist guide and map (the earliest attempt at a county-wide map).
