Property Record
300 S 3RD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fred Kroner Wholesale Hardware Company Building |
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| Other Name: | Esteban Restaurant and Cantina/Apartments |
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| Reference Number: | 32157 |
| Location (Address): | 300 S 3RD ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | restaurant |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| 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: | Plain projecting metal cornice; flat arched plain windows, altered store front. Segmental arched windows on side elevations; Interior white pine timber more than two fee thick extending continuously from basement to roof. Built for the Kroner family for use as a wholesale warehouse in 1893, the structure restored for use as a restaurant and apartment complex is one of the best preserved examples of 12890s utilitarian architecture in the city of LaCrosse. Converted to apartments and restaurant use in 1979. 2017 UPDATE - BUILDING APPEARS SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT DID WHEN LAST SURVEYED IN 1996. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. City of LaCrosse Tax Records, ARC Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 1880-1894. B. L.P. Philippi, Philippi Art Souvenoir (LaCrosse,d Philippi Publishing Co., 1904; Reprint: 1978)p. 92. C. LaCrosse City and County Directory, (LaCrosse: L.P. Philippi Co., 1893). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |