Property Record
1820 CASS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | James H. Malles House |
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| Reference Number: | 34045 |
| Location (Address): | 1820 CASS ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Otto Merman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Designed by Merman and Skogstad, this home vaguely suggests the Gothic style. Features include: beige brick; steeply pitched multi gabled roof; flat arched windows; one bay gable roofed enclosed projecting entrance with round arched door; gable roofed dormers; multi paned window; large outside wall chimney. James Malles was Secretary of the Pure Food Products Company at the time this house was built. Sometimes attributed as the house of Norman Meir; Meir never lived here, but at 324 South 21st Street. This house, however, was commissioned by Norman Meir according to Blueprint Files in the Bentley and Merman collection. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Blueprint P-692, Otto Merman and P. Bentley Collection, ARC Murphy Library, UW-La Crosse. B. La Crosse City Directory, 1926-1934. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |