Czarna Góra, one of fourteen villages in the Polish Spisz region, was established at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. In the northern part of Czarna Góra, in a district known as ‘Zagóra’, there is a wooden croft that once belonged to a wealthy local family, the Korkoszes. The building layout shows the development of a Spisz croft – from a simple two-building structure (hut and stable) in the late 19th century to one consisting of many buildings in the 1930s. The earliest buildings were raised in the late 19th century by Alojzy Chyżny. He stayed in America for several years; after returning to the village in 1919, he expanded the hut, adding a large ‘grand room’ with a pantry. Further expansion of the croft was made by Sebastian Korkosz, the husband of Elżbieta, Alojzy’s daughter. Additional outbuildings were raised in the 1930s: a stone stable and carriage house. The first horse-powered treadmill (‘kierat’) in the village was placed in the former stable. The final expansion of the croft took place in the 1940s, when the pantry was replaced by the ‘summer’ or ‘master’s’ room with a separate porch entrance.