Property Features
Year Built: 1893
Story Height: 2.5 story
Additions: Expanded billiard room and turned into a music room - 1905
Survey Date: 2004
Historic Use: Domestic
Architectural Style: Georgian Revival similar to English architecture
Property Type: Building/Private/Domestic
Structural System: Brick (imported from England)
Wall Material: Brick, Wood (Wisconsin white pine, mahogany, golden oak, birds-eye maple)
Architect: Designed by Ferry and Clas of Milwaukee
Other Buildings on Site: Carriagehouse (torn down by Shattuck in 1915), Garage
Demolished?: No
Other:
-Cost $50,000 at the time it was built
-Built secondarily on the lot, used to be another house that was torn down and replaced
-Ceilings are gold-leafed (difficult and expensive process)
-5 bedrooms on the 2nd floor, 2 bedrooms on the 3rd floor
-Ballroom on 3rd floor
-Has a back cooler (didn't have refrigerators) that stored an ice block to cool the food
-Call system for the servants
-Dumbwaiter
-9 fireplaces
Story Height: 2.5 story
Additions: Expanded billiard room and turned into a music room - 1905
Survey Date: 2004
Historic Use: Domestic
Architectural Style: Georgian Revival similar to English architecture
Property Type: Building/Private/Domestic
Structural System: Brick (imported from England)
Wall Material: Brick, Wood (Wisconsin white pine, mahogany, golden oak, birds-eye maple)
Architect: Designed by Ferry and Clas of Milwaukee
Other Buildings on Site: Carriagehouse (torn down by Shattuck in 1915), Garage
Demolished?: No
Other:
-Cost $50,000 at the time it was built
-Built secondarily on the lot, used to be another house that was torn down and replaced
-Ceilings are gold-leafed (difficult and expensive process)
-5 bedrooms on the 2nd floor, 2 bedrooms on the 3rd floor
-Ballroom on 3rd floor
-Has a back cooler (didn't have refrigerators) that stored an ice block to cool the food
-Call system for the servants
-Dumbwaiter
-9 fireplaces
Designations
National/State Register Listing Name: Shattuck, Franklyn C. House
National Register Listing Date: National - 12/4/1978 State - 1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
Sources:
National Register Listing Date: National - 12/4/1978 State - 1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
Sources:
- "547 E WISCONSIN AVE." Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Historical Society, n.d. Web. 21 May 2015.
- Adams, Peter. "An American Downton Abbey: The Mansions." An American Downton Abbey: The Mansions. N.p., 30 Dec. 2012. Web. 26 May 2015.
- "AsNotedIn." Franklyn C Shattuck House. Notable Enterprises, n.d. Web. 22 May 2015.
- Flaherty, Timothy, Dr., and Joan Flaherty. Personal Interview. 29 May 2015.
- Map courtesy of Google Maps
- Neenah Landmarks Commission Brochure
- A. 1893 Neenah Tax Rolls, p.22. Appleton Post Crescent 4/18/1998.