Property Record
127-129 S RD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Charles B. Solberg Building |
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| Other Name: | Markos Clothing |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 32147 |
| Location (Address): | 127-129 S RD ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Additions: | 1880 |
| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | William Nichols |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | La Crosse Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/2/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/8/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | Elaborate bracketed projecting metal cornice decorated by modillions and medallions, highly detailed carved round arched stone window heads on 3rd story. And flat arched windows heads carved in a floral design on the second story; brick piers divide the recessed brick surface vertically and strong courses divide surface horizontally, corbeled secondary cornice over altered store front. Long narrow windows; windows on side elevation have been filled in on the first story; exterior iron stairway. Constructed in 1870 and enlarged in 1876, the Solberg Grocery Store known historically as the site of the office of Dr. Christensen and Dr. Gundersen, the founder of the Gunderson Clinic, is significant as the most elaborate and one of the thre most notable Italianate styled commercial structures in downtown La Crosse. In 1880, Solberg added a two-story section, nine bays wide at the rear for his wholesale grocery business. This structure is historically significant as the original site of the Gunderson Clinic founded by Drs. Adolph Gunderson and Christen Christensen in the 1890s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. History of LaCrosse County (Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881) pp. 679-680, p. 683. B. L.P. Philippi, Phillippi Art Souvenier (La Crosse: Philippi Publishing Co., 1904, Reprint: 1478)p. 73. C. Dr. L. Crocker, "A Presliminary List of Buildings in the City of LaCrosse with Significant Architectural Value," 1977. D. Crocker, Leslie. Buildings of La Crosse through Time. La Crosse Public Library Archives Department: La Crosse, 2015. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |