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1307 HAYES ST

Historic Name:
Roosevelt Grade School
Other Name:
Roosevelt Elementary School, Roosevelt School
Reference Number:
33232

Property Location

Location (Address)
1307 HAYES ST
County
La Crosse
City/Village
La Crosse
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1923
Additions
1940, 1931, 1970
Survey Date
1996
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Stucco
Architect
Otto Merman
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Stucco exterior with brown tile patterned ornament; projecting two-story gabled entrance bay with a blind round arched over the rectangular entrance door; paired windows with pent roof over and blind balcony below in the gable. Multi-paned windows; rear addition in similar style with truncated hipped roof and similar, though on a smaller scale, entrance bay and door; three-sided bay window on first floor on the east side of the main wing.

Roosevelt School is the only Mediterranean influenced public building in the city and the only school of the period by Otto Merman not influenced by Neo-Classicism.

Constructed by Peter Nelson and Son.
Bibliographic References
(A) Interview: Margaret Merman Holly, 1977. (B) Building Inscription. (C) Bentley Merman Collection; A.R.C. Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. A. Bentley and Merman Commission Records, UW-La Crosse, ARC. B. La Crosse Tribune, 19 January 1924, 14 April 1923, 2 September 1923, 16 November 1924, 6 September 1931, 19 January 1940, 23 January 1940.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Roosevelt School
National Register Listing Date
Aug 03, 2017
State Register Listing Date
Dec 02, 2016
Contributing
Unique ID
HI33232

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