Property Record
1000-1100 S 3RD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Heilemann Brewery |
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| Other Name: | Heileman Brewery |
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| Reference Number: | 32181 |
| Location (Address): | 1000-1100 S 3RD ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1886 |
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| Additions: | 1933 1913 1906 |
| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | brewery/distillery/winery |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Mr. Stolzer |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Brick section; three story with 4a Story south corner tower; pressed stone quoins, triangular pediment above cornice line of tower; multi-paned windows with white masonry trim; contrasting masonry materials cover first story exterior and brick recessed panels further divide the brick surfaces. Various additions constructed over the years; stone center three bays; constructed of blocks of local limestone; facade is angled to northwest and articulated by stone piers and dentil blocks along the tope of the recessed facade; red brick window surrounds; decorative carved stone and metal plaques ornament the surface. Stained glass windows in the first floor. Part of the original stone brewery complex built by Gund and Heilemann in the mid-19th century, the stone part of the structure (center section) now used to house the plant offices is the only remaining part of the original stone structure constructed when the Gund and Heilemann Brewery was established in 1857. Built and operated by Gund and Heilemann from 1859 until 18971. In the 1859 tax list, it was named the Buck Brewery. The City Brewery, as this building is often called, and as it was later called, was originally located several blocks away. The Gund-Heilemann Brewery is significant because it became the foundation of the city's most important brewery-Heileman's. Heileman and the corporation he founded operated the building after Gund withdrew in 1871. Heileman survived Prohibition and absored Bund and C. and J. Michels Brewing war, and is one of the most important industries in La Crosse. A. Building Inscrption. B. Pratt and Owen, La Crosse Illustrated (La Crosse art Publishing Co., 1887, Reprint: 1878) Reprint: 1878)p. 27. C. Walter Ballz, Heileman Brewing Co., La Crosse, WI. (1951), p. 179. E. City Tax List, 1857-1861. The original brick buildings were removed to make way for the new stone and iron building in 1886 (Republican Leader, 21 April 1886) 2017 UPDATE - BUILDINGS APPEAR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS WHEN LAST SURVEYED IN 1996. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. La Crosse Republican Leader, 21 April 1886. B. La Crosse Tribune, 29 July 1910, 16 July 1933, 8 October 1933, 21 July 1938. C. La Crosse Leader Press, 23 July 1913. A. Building Inscription. B. Pratt and Owen, La Crosse Illustrated (La Crosse Art Publishing Co., 1887, Reprint: 1878) p. 27. C. Walter Ballz, Heileman Brewing Co., La Crosse, WI. (1951), p. 179. E. City Tax List, 1857-1861. LaCrosse Tribune 5/10/1999. LaCrosse Tribune 5/21/1999. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |