Property Record
1326 CASS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Joseph M. Hixon House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 34792 |
| Location (Address): | 1326 CASS ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Handy and Cady; Segelke and Kohlhaus |
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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: | This home was built in the Tudor Revival style derived from architecture that was prominent in England from 1485 to 1603. The home features intersecting steep gable roof with double gable east and north wing; half-timber articulation of stucco ends; three-sided two-story short tower projecting from the facade; hip roofed west wing; segmental arched windows in lower story and plain rectangular windows in stucco upper story; decked one-bay arched open entrance porch; east side porch; three-sided roofed front bay window; leaded glass; bargeboards; outside wall chimney with chimney crown; multiple roof dormers at the rear. Designed by Handy and Cady, a Chicago architectural firm, in 1903 to create a picturesque effect, the house was built for Joseph M. Hixon, a son of Gideon C. Hixon, an early lumberman. The last of the lumberbaron houses in La Crosse, the Hixon House is significant to the City of La Crosse as the best remaining example of the Tudor Revival in La Crosse and the last of the large houses built in the 19th century Revival styles in the City. Hixon lived at 1004 Cass until 1902. In 1903 he is living in this house. Interiors done by the local firm of Segelke and Kohlhaus. General contractor - James Stormondt. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Dr. L. Crocker, "A Preliminary List of Buildings In the City of La Crosse With Significant Architectural Value," 1977. (B) La Crosse City Directory, 1900-1905. (C) Western Architect January 1904. (D) LaCrosse Tribune 5/3/1996. (E) La Crosse Chronicle 5/16/1901. (F) La Crosse Republican Leader 5/14/1901. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |