Thomas M. and Bridget Blackstock House

The Thomas M. and Bridget Blackstock House is located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[3] The Blackstock House is a two-story,[1] balloon frame, clapboard home designed by architect Arvin Luce Weeks in the Italianate style.[2]

Thomas M. and Bridget Blackstock House
Location507 Washington Court
Sheboygan, Wisconsin[1]
Coordinates43°45′13.1184″N 87°42′29.7318″W
Built1882[2]
ArchitectArvin Luce Weeks[2]
Architectural styleItalianate[2]
NRHP reference No.95000256
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1995[2]

The house was originally built for Thomas M. Blackstock, and Irish immigrant who made his fortune from the Phoenix Chair Company and the Sheboygan Mutual Loan, Saving, and Building Association, and his wife, Bridget Blackstock (née Denn). Thomas Blackstock served as a city councilman for three terms, as Mayor of Sheboygan for four, and as a representative to the Michigan House of Representatives.[4]

Photo of the Blackstock House in 1902

References
  1. Pape, Alan C. (February 15, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Blackstock, Thomas M. and Bridget, House". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. "Property Record, 507 Washington Court, Architecture and History Inventory". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. Ziller, Carl (1912). History of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Past and Present, Volume 2. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 54–58.


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