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Architecture -- Designs and plans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

110 West Avenue South, La Crosse, Wis., Long and Kees Architects' Specifications

 Collection — Box MISC 67, Folder: 1
Identifier: MISC MSS 340
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1887

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

Bentley, Merman, and Skogstad Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 070, Micro 25
Abstract An architectural design firm of La Crosse, Wis., called variously Bentley and Merman, Merman and Skogstad, and Otto Merman Architect. The architects involved were Percy D. Bentley (1885-1968), Otto A. Merman (1890-1935) and Herbert W. Skogstad (d. 1929). Bentley was a La Crosse native who attended the Armour Institute in Chicago. During his brief practice with Merman in La Crosse, the two designed a large number of distinguished Prairie School residences. After Bentley’s departure in 1919,...
Dates: 1918-1934

Parkinson & Dockendorff Architectural Drawings,

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 061
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...
Dates: circa 1910-1950