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Architectural specifications for a brick dwelling house called "Pasadena" for Abner Gile by Long and Kees located at 110 West Avenue South. Construction began on the home in 1886 and was completed in 1887. The house became the home of the YWCA and was razed in 1967.

Abstract Materials in this collection include essays, 35mm slides, photographs, negatives and notes created by Carole F. Edland in preparation for two photographic documentaries of the A. Barney Spangler and William M. Crowley homes in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Spangler and Crowley built contractor-designed homes for the middle class from 1920-1958. These exhibitions were held at the art gallery at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the La Crosse Public Library in 1981 and 1982.Other...

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Over 6000 35 mm color slides of structures in La Crosse, Wisconsin, most of which were taken by Dr. Leslie Crocker.

Abstract Barbara Conway was the freelance photographer hired to document the historical architecture in the City of La Crosse in the early 1980s. The project was funded by city block grant money administered through the city’s Commission on Historic Sites project. The photographic survey was led by project director Edwin Hill of the Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and took three years to complete.This photographic archive of La Crosse, Wisconsin, architecture...

Abstract The Parkinson & Dockendorff architectural firm in La Crosse, Wisconsin, existed from approximately 1902-1952. Bernard Dockendorff and Albert E. Parkinson designed many of the most significant surviving Early Modern (1900-1940) commercial and public buildings in La Crosse, Wis.; however, the firm designed buildings throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest including residential structures as well. This collection consists of architectural drawings created by the architectural firm...

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The La Crosse Area Historic Preservation Society published their first newsletter in 1977, using the title "La Crosse Area for Historic Preservation Newsletter." This remained the primary title of the newsletter through the end of 1983, though occassional issues were published with the title "LAHPS Newsletter."

In 1984, the La Crosse Area Historic Preservation Society became the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, and their newsletter was renamed "Cornerstones."

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Photocopy of a property abstract for 933 Rose Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin, as written in 1983. This property is also known historically as the Dr. John L. Callahan house, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dr. Callahan commissioned the La Crosse architectural firm of Gustav Stoltze and Hugo Schick to build this Queen Anne-style house in 1894.

Abstract Photocopied materials include personal correspondence between Virginia Baker, daughter of Stoddard Hotel owner Calvin Baker, and her future husband, John A. Elliott. The bulk of the materials (all photocopied) relate to the 1929-1931 remodeling of the Stoddard Hotel. The modernization effort included new plumbing fixtures, interior decoration and furniture for the guest rooms which had the flavor of the Art Moderne style. An issue of The Wisconsin Restaurateur from October 1935...