Property Record
36245 PARK ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | COMMUNITY CENTER |
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| Reference Number: | 29706 |
| Location (Address): | 36245 PARK ST |
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| County: | Trempealeau |
| City: | Whitehall |
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| Year Built: | 1921 |
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| Additions: | 1946 1955 |
| Survey Date: | 19832013 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2013: Whitehall Memorial High School replaced an earlier ca. 1874-1875 edifice on same site. The original section of the high school fronts on Dewey St. and was erected ca.1921-22. The front facade faces north. Additions were builts in 1946 and 1955. Whitehall Memorial High School closed ca.1990 when a new middle school/high school was constructed at 19121 Hobson Street. Whitehall Memorial High School currently houses office space for the adjacent city/county center. |
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| Bibliographic References: | WHITEHALL TIMES 8/25/1994. LaCrosse Tribune 7/20/2003. “House of Memories and Builder,” La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press, July 21, 1938 "Recommendations for Downtown Revitalization for Whitehall, Wisconsin" (Milwaukee, WI: Pfaller Herbst Associates, Inc., 1981), 4 “Architecture and History Survey: STH 121” WHS project number 13-1097/TR. April 2013. Prepared by Rachel E. Bankowitz. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |