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2126 SOUTH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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2126 SOUTH AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
2126 SOUTH AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Nesco Sign Co.
Contributing:
Reference Number:33479
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2126 SOUTH AVE
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:19962018
Historic Use:brewery/distillery/winery
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:0
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Two-story industrial building articulated by brick piers and arched windows. Facade capped by brick piers; segmental arched window openings (now slightly altered and filled with glass block). Lower facade shows signs of alteration.

This structure has suffered much alteration, however, it probably was not part of the original Gund Brewery Complex. After Gund Brewery went out of business, G. Heileman purchased the old malt house and Swift and Co., purchased the warehouse at the rear of the malt house from the Scotten Dillon Tobacco Co. which had purchased it from Gund. Swift also built the building at 2126-2136 South Avenue. They tore down a large frame dwelling, probably a Gund house, to build this brick building. The building was originally used to slaughter chickens.

Related Buildings: Racking House (2016 South Avenue); Gund Stables (2219 South Avenue); Malt House (2104 South Avenue); Gund Office Building (2111 South Avenue).

2018 - Not resurveyed, nonextant
Bibliographic References:(A) Sanborn-Perris Map, City of La Crosse, 1906 - updated to 1941.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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