Property Record
1417 13TH ST S
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Holy Trinity School |
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| Other Name: | Holy Trinity School |
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| Reference Number: | 32857 |
| Location (Address): | 1417 13TH ST S |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Additions: | 1939 |
| Survey Date: | 19962020 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Parkinson and Dockendorff; John Arenz (builder) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Holy Trinity School |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/17/2021 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/20/2020 |
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| Additional Information: | Projecting entrance bay with segmental arched portal and pediment extending above roof line; contrasting white belt courses give horizontal emphasis; small cupola with bell on roof. Rusticated base and tramsom windows. Arched pediment at rear of building also. Holy Trinity is the earliest school structure still functioning in La Crosse. It is architecturaly significant as part of the ethnic religious complex of Holy Trinity Parish. This school was built to replace two school buildings that stood at 1325 and 1331 S. Park. These were razed at the time this building was built. Church (1333 S. 13th); Rectory (1333 S. 13th); Hall-Gymansium (1315 S. Park). Plans for school were drawn in 1904 and the building constructed in 1909. Addition constructed in 1939; also designed by Parkinson & Dockendorff. This building also housed the first Catholic high school in La Crosse from 1916 until 1928 when the students were moved to the new Aquinas High School. Building was constructed by John Arenz, local contractor. See also: #32853, #32854, #33486, #31456 |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn Perris Map, City of La Crosse, 1906-updated to 1941. B. La Crose City Directory, 1909-1911. C. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SCHOOL HOUSE PLANNING. LACROSSE, WI: PARKINSON AND DOCKENDORFF, 1927. D. La Crosse Tribune, 26 April 1909, 29 July 1910, 31 December 1939. E. "Holy Trinity Catholic Church Bulletin", La Crosse: n.p., 1987. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |