Architects -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Albert E. Parkinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 141
Abstract
The Albert E. Parkinson collection includes a variety of school related materials from Parkison's time as a student at the International Correspondence Schools, where he learned the trade of architecture. The International Correspondence Schools was started in Pennsylvania in 1891 by Thomas J. Foster.
Dates:
1899-1938; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1903
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
Carole F. Edland Papers Related to Barney A. Spangler and William M. Crowley
Collection
Identifier: MSS 123
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...
Dates:
1981-1982
Otto Merman: Memories of a Builder
Collection — Box MISC 52, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MISC MSS 152
Abstract
"Otto Merman: Memories of a Builder" video recording, narrated by Otto Merman's daughter, Margaret Merman Holley. This recording was made in the 1990s and features a tour of the exterior of many of the residences Merman designed in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Dates:
circa 1990s
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
Thomas P. Dockendorff Collection Relating to the Parkinson and Dockendorff Architectural Firm
Collection
Identifier: MSS 127
Abstract
Thomas P. Dockendorff is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and has an interest in the La Crosse, Wisconsin, architectural firm of Parkinson and Dockendorff.Bernard Dockendorff and English-born Albert E. Parkinson designed many of the most significant surviving Early Modern (1900-1940) commercial and public buildings in La Crosse, Wis., under the aegis of Parkinson and Dockendorff Architects including many school buildings, Catholic...
Dates:
1981-1997