The Merchants Avenue Historic District in a residential neighborhood southeast of the downtown in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, composed of 33 mostly large homes on large lots within six city blocks around Merchants Avenue.

[2] Because of its proximity to the Main Street mercantile area, Merchants Avenue became a natural residential location for many businessmen and professionals.

This resulted in many different architectural styles used in the district, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne and Spanish Colonial.

The predominant building materials used were either the locally manufactured yellow brick or wood, framed into houses with clapboard walls and shingled roofs.

These are some of the notable buildings in the district, listed in the general order built.