National Register of Historic Places - Wisconsin (WI), La Crosse County

La Crosse County Wisconsin (Page 2) has 23 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Samuels' Cave, Sand Lake Site (47Lc44), Overhead Site, Palmer Brother's Octagons and Sand Lake Archeological District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland, Oneota, Early & Middle Woodland and Mississippian dating back to 499 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these La Crosse County historic places including Will Ott and David Franklin Powell.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the La Crosse County places including B. Dockendorff, John A. Cole, Schick & Stoltz, A.E. Parkinson, W.L. Carroll, William Parker, Schick & Stoltze, Royal Reynolds, Herman J. Esser and Raymond Kiensie. Prominent architectural styles found in La Crosse Country are Italianate, Adobe and Chicago.

Ott, Will, House (added 1980 - - #80000152)

Also known as Weekley House

1532 Madison St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schick & Stoltz

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Ott,Will

Significant Year:

1900

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel (added 1986 - - #86002302)

Also known as Chapel of the Blessed Virgin of the Seven Dolors;Cemetery Ch

519 Losey Blvd. S , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Schick & Stoltze

Architectural Style:

Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Funerary, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Religious Structure

More Information:

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Overhead Site (added 1978 - - #78000112)

Also known as 47 Lc 20

Address Restricted , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Woodland, Oneota

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Palmer Brother's Octagons (added 1979 - - #79000092)

358 N. Leonard St. and WI 16 , West Salem and Vicinity

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Octagon Mode

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Physical Education Building/La Crosse State Normal School (added 1985 - - #85000791)

Also known as Wittich Hall,University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

UW La Crosse Campus off US 16 , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parkinson,A.E., Dockendorff,B.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

College, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

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Powell Place (added 1983 - - #83004299)

Also known as Healey Block

200-212 Main St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Powell,David Franklin

Significant Year:

1881, 1891, 1878

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Professional

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

More Information:

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Roosevelt School (added 2017 - - #100000924)

1307 Hayes Street, La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Spanish Colonial, Mexican Baroque, Adobe

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Education

Period of Significance:

1923-1972 AD

Roosevelt, W. A., Company (added 1984 - - #84003690)

230 N. Front St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parkinson & Dockenforff

Architectural Style:

Early Commercial, Chicago

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Current Sub-function:

Business, Warehouse

More Information:

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Samuels' Cave (added 1991 - - #86003275)

Also known as Brown's Cave;Pictured Cave;Mystery Cave

Address Restricted , Barre Mills

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Oneota

Period of Significance:

1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Conservation Area, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Conservation Area, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Sand Lake Archeological District (added 1984 - - #84003694)

Also known as Sand Lake Site (47Lc44)

Address Restricted , Onalaska

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Early & Middle Woodland, Oneota

Period of Significance:

499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Graves/Burials, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Village Site

Sand Lake Site (47Lc44) (added 1983 - - #83003401)

Also known as 47Lc44

Address Restricted , Onalaska

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric, Agriculture

Cultural Affiliation:

Oneota

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Smith Valley School (added 1981 - - #81000044)

4130 Smith Valley Rd. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

City Hall, Civic, Museum

More Information:

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Swennes Archaeological District (added 1985 - - #85001573)

Also known as Quall Site(47Lc84) and Sjolander Site(47Lc56)

Address Restricted , Onalaska

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Middle Woodland, Oneota

Period of Significance:

1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Village Site

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

Trimbell, Derwood and Myrtle, House (added 2022 - - #100007696)

224 Van Ness St. North, West Salem

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Area of Significance:

Architecture

U.S. Fish Control Laboratory (added 1981 - - #81000045)

Also known as La Crosse Area Convention and Visitor Bureau

Riverside Park , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Conservation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Education

Historic Sub-function:

Fishing Facility Or Site, Research Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Valley View Site (added 1978 - - #78000113)

Also known as 47 Lc 34

Address Restricted , Medary

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Mississippian, Oneota

Period of Significance:

1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Vincent, James, House (added 1988 - - #88002024)

Also known as The Vincent House

1024 Cass St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Parker,William, Carroll,W.L.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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WAR EAGLE Shipwreck (sidewheel steamboat) (added 2020 - - #100005114)

Also known as Milwaukee Road Depot / WAR EAGLE, LC-0063, BLC-0124

Adjacent to Riverside North Park in the Black R., La Crosse

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Area of Significance:

Archeology, Commerce, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Maritime History

Waterworks Building (added 1979 - - #79000093)

Also known as The Pump House

119 King St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cole,John A.

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Water Works

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

More Information:

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REMOVED

West Salem Village Hall (added 1984 - - #81000046)

103 S. Leonard St. , West Salem

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

City Hall, Fire Station, Library

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Wisconsin Telephone Company Building (added 1985 - - #85000491)

Also known as Security Building

125 N. 4th St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Esser,Herman J.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Communications

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

More Information:

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Wright, Razy and John, House (added 2021 - - #100007152)

W5670 Cty. Rd. F, Medary

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Area of Significance:

Architecture

Zeisler, George, Building (added 1993 - - #93000069)

201 Pearl St. , La Crosse

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kiensie, Raymond, Reynolds, Royal

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Restaurant, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

More Information:

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