525 2ND ST NORTH | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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525 2ND ST NORTH

Architecture and History Inventory
525 2ND ST NORTH | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Allis-Chalmers Plant aka La Crosse Plow Company
Other Name:Machine Products, Inc.
Contributing:
Reference Number:32053
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):525 2ND ST NORTH
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1937
Additions: 1938
Survey Date:1996
Historic Use:industrial building
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: La Crosse Plow Company Building
National Register Listing Date:2/2/2016
State Register Listing Date:11/20/2015
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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.
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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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