Merritt Black House
Kaukauna, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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The Merritt Black House is a two-story Queen Anne residence built in 1898 in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, overlooking the Fox River. Designed by the Smith brothers of Appleton, the house features rusticated ashlar stone quarried locally by its builder, J. Merritt Black himself—an unusual material choice for the style, yet complemented by characteristic Queen Anne elements including bay windows, a three-story corner tower, asymmetrical massing, and a complex roofline. Originally surrounded by broad porches since removed, the interior preserves oak woodwork, maple floors, and basement storage rooms. Crafted by carpenter Gus Keck, mason Joseph Schwenderman, and painter Walter Cuel, the house later became known as the Black Castle. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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- Built
- Type
- house
- Materials
- ashlar
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Kaukauna, United States
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