COPELAND AVE, COPELAND PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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COPELAND AVE, COPELAND PARK

Architecture and History Inventory
COPELAND AVE, COPELAND PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Watch Tower
Other Name:Grand Crossing Tower
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Reference Number:33406
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):COPELAND AVE, COPELAND PARK
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1887
Additions:
Survey Date:19962016
Historic Use:other
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
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, State Historic Preservation Office. On a raised base covered by vertical siding, the board and batten octagonal watch tower is covered by a finial topped octagonal roof. Two over two windows create an observation area above the pent roof of the first story.

Built during the 19th century railroad construction boom in North La Crosse, the watch tower is one of the few original structures associated with the early railroad era remaining in La Crosse.

Hip roofed two-story watch tower with observation deck on east side.

Moved to Copeland Park from Grand Crossing at Gillette Street in 1991.

2016 UPDATE - THE GRAND CROSSING TOWER HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED SINCE IT WAS LAST SURVEYED IN 1996.
Bibliographic References:Pratt and Owen, LACROSSE ILLUSTRATED, (LaCrosse: Art Publishing Co., 1887; Reprint: 1978), p. 36. Sanborn-Perris Insurance Map, City of La Crosse (New York: Sanborn Map and Publishing Co., 1906).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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