Property Record
807 EAST AVE S
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hogan Elementary School |
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| Other Name: | Administration Center-La Crosse School District |
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| Reference Number: | 34841 |
| Location (Address): | 807 EAST AVE S |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Additions: | 1948 |
| Survey Date: | 199620162017 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| 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: | Two-story flat roofed school structure with entablature supported by capped brick pilasters resting on paneled base side entrances, long windows (now altered) between pilasters, entrances on ends of structure, and north and south wing additions. The architectural integrity of this structure has been altered by insensitive additions to the main building. 2016- "The Hogan Elementary School (Hogan School) was originally constructed in 1920 in the Neo-classical style by local architect Otto Merman. The school is set back from Market Street by a baseball diamond that is enclosed by a metal fence. The main block of the building is a two-story, brick veneer structure resting on a raised masonry foundation. It has a flat roof with replacement metal coping and a decorative parapet. The front (west) facade has seven bays, delineated by brick pilasters with concrete capitals and bases. Two entrances are located on either side of the facade and have a limestone door surround with simplified architraves. The main doors appear to be modern replacements. Windows on the facade are generally paired and appear to have been downsized with modern replacements. The main block is flanked by additions on the north and south elevations that were constructed in 1948. Both additions are two-story, clad in brick veneer, and sit on concrete block foundations. The north addition has a c.1990 rear (east) entrance that is approached by two concrete stoops with brick railings that lead to a portico with wide brick supports. Windows on both additions are generally paired, one-over-one with metal frames. By the turn of the twentieth century, the population increase in La Crosse necessitated the construction of a school at the corner of East Avenue South and Market Street. The original Hogan School was a Romanesque building designed by Hugo Schick in 1899. In 1920 it burned down. The construction of the new Hogan School corresponded to substantial changes to standards in education, which included the more comprehensive coursework in junior high school and expansion of educational programs for elementary schools.20 The Hogan School was one of the first schools in La Crosse to be constructed as a part of the educational reform movement. The La Crosse Tribune and Herald reported that "The new Hogan School exhibits all the most modern ideals in school construction from top to bottom, inside and out," at the time of it's opening in 1921. La Crosse increased in population once again after World War II, necessitating the north and south additions in 1948. The building is no longer used as a school and is the Hogan Administration Center for the School District of La Crosse. Interior access was not available during the time of survey." -"Market St, S 14th St-S 19th St", WisDOT #5991-05-18, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc. (2016). 2017 UPDATE - BUILDING APPEARS SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT DID WHEN LAST SURVEYED IN 2016. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Bentley-Merman Collection, ARC Murphy Libary, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (B) Grant Blum, "The Last Bell," LaCrosse Tribune, 11 May 1980, p. 13. (C) LA Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press, 3 October 1920, 4 September 1921. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |