432 CASS ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

432 CASS ST

Architecture and History Inventory
432 CASS ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:United States Weather Bureau
Other Name:WIZM Radio
Contributing:
Reference Number:34767
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):432 CASS ST
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1907
Additions:
Survey Date:19962017
Historic Use:small office building
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Frank Upman; John A. Miller
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
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, Division of Historic Preservation. Heavy projecting cornice with block dentils and balustrated parapet above; frame cupola on decked roof; secondary cornice over second story windows with straight flat stone lintels; projecting cornice window heads in lower story; brick quoins on all corners; open one-bay pedimented portico with floral design on tympanum and Tuscan columns; short vertical brick pilasters articulate the foundation; U.S.W.B. on shield on parapet.

General contractor: John A. Miller.

2017 UPDATE - THIS BUILDING LOOKS SUBSTANTIALLY LIKE IT DID WHEN SURVEYED IN 1996, WITH A ONE STORY FLAT ROOFED BRICK ADDITION OFF THE EAST/SIDE ELEVATION.
Bibliographic References:(A) Alfred W. Rice, "Weather Bureau Station Founded in 1872," LaCrosse Tribune, 3 February 1929, p. 9. (B) La Crosse Leader Press, 21 December 1906. (C) La Crosse Tribune, 23 October 1907. LaCrosse Tribune 10/7/1998. LaCrosse Tribune 10/9/1998.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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