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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1420 KING ST |
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| County | La Crosse |
| City/Village | La Crosse |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1936 |
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| Survey Date | 1996 |
| Historic Use | house |
| Architectural Style | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material | Brick |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments | Gable roofed two-story house with two-story open portico supported by Corinthian columns, broken pediment frontispiece, cornice returns and keystone accented window heads. Dentil trim on the projecting cornice with cornice returns in gable ends; two-story open one-bay portico with pedimented gable roof; dentil trim and Corinthian two-story columns; moulded concrete window heads with articulated keystone over six over six windows on lower story. Broken pediment frontispiece; two-story gable roofed extension on west side. Large lot with circular drive leading to house. The Elliot House is significant to the architectual history of La Crosse as a representative of late Neo-Classical Revival influenced architecture. This is a brick veneer house. |
| Bibliographic References | (A) Dr. L. Crocker - Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (B) La Crosse City Directory, 1934-1939. (C) Sanborn-Perris Map, City of La Crosse, 1941. B. La Crosse City Water Records, La Crosse Public Library, Archives. C. La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press, 12 December 1943. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Cass and King Street Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date | Nov 07, 1997 |
| State Register Listing Date | Apr 22, 1997 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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