Property Record
525 2ND ST NORTH
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Allis-Chalmers Plant aka La Crosse Plow Company |
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Other Name: | Machine Products, Inc. |
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Reference Number: | 32053 |
Location (Address): | 525 2ND ST NORTH |
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County: | La Crosse |
City: | La Crosse |
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Year Built: | 1937 |
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Additions: | 1938 |
Survey Date: | 1996 |
Historic Use: | industrial building |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | La Crosse Plow Company Building |
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National Register Listing Date: | 2/2/2016 |
State Register Listing Date: | 11/20/2015 |
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Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for the La Crosse Plow Company. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Long rectangular structure six bays wide, recessed multi-paned industrial style window walls separated by full length brick piers with corbeled brick at top of the recessed panels. Many lower story windows are filled in with concrete block. Exhibiting the curtain wall construction of the modern industrial bulding, the Plow Company building is an important representative of La Crosse's industrial architecture. |
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Bibliographic References: | LACROSSE TRIBUNE 5/14/1995. LACROSSE TRIBUNE 8/30/1995. A. La Crosse Tribune, 12 December 1937, 2 January 1938, 15 February 1938. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |