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107 VINE ST

Historic Name:
Freight House (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul freight depot)

Other Name:
Freight House Restaurant / Christina Winery

Reference Number:
16232

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Property Location

Location (Address)

107 VINE ST

County

La Crosse

City/Village

La Crosse

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1880

Additions

1904

Survey Date

1996

Historic Use

depot

Architectural Style

Italianate

Structural System

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property. 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Gutted by fire 9/1992.[A] Cream brick structure; flat window hoods over segmental arched windows; stone window sills; gable roofed north extensions with wooden cupola; wooden platform and porch along the west side. Restored and reused as a restaurant in 1978, the Freight House Restaurant, the only 19th century railroad structure to remain in the heart of the commercial waterfront district, was used as freight depot until 1955. The building was constructed in 1880 to serve the needs of Front Street and downtown businessmen who wanted to ship goods via the Milwaukee Railroad. The original depot was located north of the La Crosse River. The freighthouse is important as an indication of the effect railroads played in La Crosse's development. Constructed of Watertown brick. Damaged by interior fire. Building restored--a new roof was added and the interior brick surfaces were cleaned.

Bibliographic References

(A) La Crosse Tribune, 9/27/1992. (B) Sanborn-Perris Insurance Map, City of La Crosse (New York: Sanborn Map and Publishing Co., 1884). (C) Heritage Tours (La Crosse County Historical Society, 1982). (D) LACROSSE TRIBUNE 5/14/1995. (E) La Crosse Republican Leader, 31 August 1880, 23 September 1880, 9 October 1880, 14 October 1880. (F) La Crosse Daily Press, 26 April 1892. (G) La Crosse Chronicle, 8 April 1881. (H) La Crosse Tribune, 4 February 1993, 30 November 1992.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Freight House

National Register Listing Date

Mar 02, 1982

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

depot Italianate

La Crosse
County

La Crosse
Community

1880-1889
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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