Property Record
SE CORNER OF 6TH and BADGER (moved from 507 N 12TH ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | REDISKE COBBLER SHOP |
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| Reference Number: | 32754 |
| Location (Address): | SE CORNER OF 6TH and BADGER (moved from 507 N 12TH ST) |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Survey Date: | 199620162017 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 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, Division of Historic Preservation. False front with plain wooden projecting cornice. Original two over two windows. Threatened with demolition as of Spring 2002. Shop moved several times including 1900 when it was moved to its present location. To be moved to the grounds of the Hixon House in LaCrosse. 2016- "The one-story Rediske Cobbler Shop was constructed in 1889 and originally located at 507 N. 121h Street in La Crosse. This building has a rectangular plan, is clad in wood clapboard, and rests on a replaced poured concrete foundation. The front (northwest) facade is marked by a false front with a plain projecting wood cornice. The main entrance is off-center and the windows are two-over-two, double-hung sash with simple wooden surrounds. The building was constructed in 1889 by Carl H. Rediske as a cobbler shop. Rediske specialized in hand-made shoes. In 2002 the building was relocated to the subject location, adjacent to the National Register-listed Hixon House (outside the APE), for preservation." -"N 6th St: State St to Badger St", WisDOT#5991-05-27, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., (2016). 2017 UPDATE - THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IT DID WHEN LAST SURVEYED IN 1996, AND AGAIN IN 2016. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LACROSSE TRIBUNE 8/4/1995. LACROSSE TRIBUNE 8/2/1995. LACROSSE TRIBUNE 9/10/1995. B. Historic Preservation Commission, Notes, November 21, 1991, UW-La Crosse, ARC. LaCrosse Tribune 7/5/2002. LaCrosse Tribune 6/14/2003. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |