Property Record
1337-1339 STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John W. Hughes House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 34423 |
| Location (Address): | 1337-1339 STATE ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Andrew Roth |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Cass and King Street Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/7/1997 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/22/1997 |
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| 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. Two-story pedimented gabled three-sided projecting bays on east and west sides; round arched six-part window; brackets; gable roofed three-sided bay and half-round window in gable peak articulate the facade; segmental arched windows with radiating brick voussoirs and stone keystones in side elevation; balustrated front entrance porch (now screened in) with classical pediment over the entrance. Unusual because of its Romanesque Revival influence, this Victorian house is a significant representative, important to the architectural variety of La Crosse. Hugh H. Byrne, chief of police, lived here in 1907. John Hughes was a partner in the contracting firm, Sees and Hughes contractors, and he probably built this house. The architect, Andrew Roth, was the son of a local carpenter and made himself into an architect by working for CJ Ross and later with Hugo Schick. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn-Perris Map, City of La Crosse, 1906. (B) La Crosse Morning Chronicle 3 January 1894. (C) Karl Lubke, John W. Hughes House 1983, unpublished paper, ARC Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (D) Tax rolls. City directories. (E) LA Crosse Chronicle, 31 December 1893. (F) Crocker, Leslie. La Crosse Buildings through Time. La Crosse: La Crosse Public Library Archives Department, 2015. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |