Property Record
101-103 E Blackhawk Ave (A)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Kappel Block |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 147523 |
| Location (Address): | 101-103 E Blackhawk Ave (A) |
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| County: | Crawford |
| City: | Prairie du Chien |
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| Year Built: | 1866 |
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| Survey Date: | 200719931976198520192023 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Bibliographic References: | Preliminary Survey of Historic and Architectural Resources. December 1993. Prepared by Joan M. Rausch for Mid-State Associates, Inc. “New Brick Block,” Prairie du Chien Courier (Prairie du Chien, WI), 30 August 1866, 3. As of December 1866, an advertisement for Kappel still noted his old location in Niehardt’s Block, Advertisement, The Courier, 6 December 1866, 4. The east storefront was occupied by Kaber’s Ice Cream and Log Cabin Café as of 1922 and its assumed that the log finish was applied at that time, Trudy Balcom, “Kappel Block History First of Downtown ‘Biographies’,” The Courier, undated clipping posted by Bette Beneker to “If You Grew Up in Prairie du Chien, WI, you remember…,” Facebook, 29 November 2019. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |