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1601 CASS ST

Historic Name:
English Lutheran Church
Other Name:
Living Word Christian
Reference Number:
34011

Property Location

Location (Address)
1601 CASS ST
County
La Crosse
City/Village
La Crosse
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1925
Additions
Survey Date
1996
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Merman and Skogstad
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Builder was Joseph and Frank Schwalbe. The design of the English Lutheran Church utilized historic Gothic style. It is constructed in buff brick color; stepped buttresses at neds of front gable, side elevations, and on short square tower with pyrmaidal roof on south side; pointed arch windows with tracery and stained glass and pointed arch door with white concrete radiating voussoirs in the projecting gable roofed enclosed entrance; shed roofed extension on west side. Designed by the local architectural firm, (in an abstract Modern Gothic Style) Otto Merman and Herbert Skogstad in 1924, the English Evangelical Lutheran Church exemplifies the transition from historic church architecture in La Crosse to the modern style when historic styles were used for inspiration rather than for form.
Bibliographic References
A. Building Inscription. B. A. Sanford and H. Hirschheimer, A History of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1841-1960 (La Crosse: La Crosse County Historical Society, 1951) p. 233. C. File #S-435, Blueprint and Commission List, p. Nelson Co., La Crosse. Wisconsin and Bentley-Merman Collection, ARC Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. C. "Small Room in Lienlokken Hall First Milestone in 50-Year History of English Lutheran Church," LaCrosse Tribune, n.d.; newspaper article on file in the clipping files of the English Lutheran Church at the LaCrosse Public Library, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. D. La Crosse Tribune, 8 June 1924, 10 May 1925.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Cass and King Street Residential Historic District
National Register Listing Date
Nov 07, 1997
State Register Listing Date
Apr 22, 1997
Contributing
Yes
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