Property Record
306-312 PEARL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Metzger Building |
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| Other Name: | Vaalers Valuland Hardware/3Rivers Insulation Co. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 33519 |
| Location (Address): | 306-312 PEARL ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Schick and Stolze |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | La Crosse Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/2/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/8/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | Plain cornice with parapet articlated by decorative brick work facade divided vertically by staged pilasters and slightly projecting end and center bays. Round arched windows in upper. An important structure designed by Schick and Stoltze, the metzger Building has lost sufficient architectural in3tegrity to alter is archietectural significance. George Metzger was a pharmacist, Register of the U.S. Land Office and 4th Ward Alderman, he built this building during his "retirement." |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. City of La Crosse Tax Records, 1866-1896.l ARC Murphy Library, UW-La Crosse. B. Dr. Les Crocker, Department of Art, UW-La Crosse. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |