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Historic buildings -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Architectural Drawing for Proposed Christ Church Memorial Home for the Aged, La Crosse, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box MISC 57
Identifier: MISC MSS 256
Abstract

Proposed plans drawn by Shubert, Sorensen & Associates Architects of La Crosse, Wisconsin for a structure to be built around the Colwell-Dorset home located at 330 6th Street South. The proposed structure would become Christ Church Memorial Home for the Aged. This structure was never built, and the home was razed in 1966. Plans are dated November 3, 1959.

Dates: 1959 November 3

Downtown La Crosse Visual Analysis Slides

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 020
Abstract A coordinated project of the University of Wisconsin Extension, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and the Downtown La Crosse Business Association, this visual representation and analysis of downtown La Crosse businesses, streets, and buildings gives a glimpse of what downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin, looked like in November-December 1977. The project consists of 212 identified slides that were taken from the original collection of 1000. Also included are a press release and a script of the...
Dates: 1977

Historic Preservation Commission Records

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017-072
Dates: 1974-2006

History of Southside Multi-Purpose Center

 Collection — Box MISC 15, Folder: 7
Identifier: MISC MSS 141
Abstract

"History of Multi-Purpose Center," written by Marianne O'Neil, March 21, 1972, detailing the history of the Southside Senior Center located at 1220 Denton Street in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1972 March 21

La Crosse, Wisconsin, Commission on Historic Sites Slides

 Record Group
Identifier: La Crosse Series 007
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...
Dates: 1985

Materials Related to the Construction of 2546 Edgewood Place, La Crosse, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box MISC 41, Folder: 17
Identifier: MISC MSS 250
Abstract

Materials (including blueprints, legal description, newspaper clippings, financial records, and other assorted items) related to the construction of 2546 Edgewood Place in La Crosse, Wisconsin. This house was built for Eugene and Dora Boma Host. Materials date 1935-1939.

Dates: 1935-1939

Materials related to the disposition of the Post Office/Federal Building in La Crosse, Wisconsin

 Unprocessed Material — Unknown container 79 for Accession 1985.009
Identifier: 1985-009
Dates: 1976

Preservation Alliance of La Crosse Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 062
Abstract Organized originally as the La Crosse Area Society for Historic Preservation in 1976, the group began meeting in 1975 and focused their energies in trying to protect and preserve La Crosse landmarks. In 1983, the group changed its name to the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, Inc. Its purpose is to preserve the historic buildings of La Crosse and raise public awareness concerning historical preservation.Records from the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse, 1976-2000, include...
Dates: 1976-2000

Property Abstract of 933 Rose Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin

 Collection — Box MISC 21, Folder: 3
Identifier: MISC MSS 190
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1983

Stoddard Hotel (La Crosse, Wisconsin). Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 099
Abstract

Stoddard Hotel operated as the most upscale hotel in La Crosse for nearly 80 years, but also served as a center for entertainment, weddings, conferences, meetings and the like.

Records include guest registers (with the guest’s signature) from 1904-1927; 1929-1930; financial volumes, 1903-1939, and a scrapbook, 1932-1934 highlighting events which took place at the Stoddard Hotel.

Dates: 1903-1939