La Crosse Commercial Historic District | |
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  Location of La Crosse Commercial Historic District | |
| Location | Downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 43°48′44″N 91°15′8″W / 43.81222°N 91.25222°W |
| Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Architect | Schick, Hugo, et al.; Stoltz, Gustway, et al. |
| Architectural style | Classic Revival, Romanesque, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 94001064[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 2, 1994 |
The La Crosse Commercial Historic District is located in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin. It includes over ninety contributing structures, mostly 2-3 story commercial brick buildings constructed from the 1860s to the 1940s. The district is roughly bounded by Jay Street, Second Street South, State Street, and Fifth Avenue South.[2]
Some of the notable contributing properties include[2] the 1866 Voegle grocery and saloon,[3] the 1870 Italianate Solberg grocery store,[4] the 1894 Romanesque/Queen Anne Rehfuss dry goods building,[5] the 1903 Chicago school Doerflinger department store,[6] the 1920 Neoclassical Rivoli building and theatre,[7] and the 1940 Moderne Hoeschler Exchange building.[8]
The district currently contains numerous bars and restaurants. Downtown La Crosse once had the Guinness Book record with the most bars/nightclubs located on one street, which was Third Street.[9][better source needed] The area also includes other shops, offices, and residential spaces.
The NRHP listed Freight House is located two blocks north of the historic district.[10]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Dolbier, Joan; Gilkey, George R. (November 19, 1986). "La Crosse Commercial Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "John Voegle Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "Charles B. Solberg Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "John Rehfuss Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "The Park Store; Doerflinger's Department Store". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "The Rivoli Building and Theatre". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "Exchange Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ^ "Best things to do and see in la Crosse, Wis., on the Mississippi".
- ^ Filipowicz, Diane H.; Matucheski, Michael R. (September 24, 1980). "Freight House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved September 12, 2015.