Property Record
2700 COMMERCE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | INDUSTRIAL BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | ORC INDUSTRIES |
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| Reference Number: | 237620 |
| Location (Address): | 2700 COMMERCE ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1974 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ONE STORY FLAT ROOFED INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, ELL SHAPED FOOTPRINT, GRAY CONCRETE BLOCK LOWER WITH PERPENDICULAR CONCRETE BLOCK WALLS WITH WINDOWS IN BETWEEN, WIDE FRIEZE ABOVE. ORC INDUSTRIES HAS BEEN MAKING APPAREL, MOST NOTABLY THE DIXIE CUP STYLE HATS FOR THE NAVY, IN LA CROSSE SINCE 1966. IT BUILT THE CURRENT PLANT IN 1974, ADDING ONTO IT IN 1995. |
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| Bibliographic References: | https://lacrossetribune.com/stories/business/orc-industries-celebrates-years-in-business/article_2d58ee1f-8b03-59ad-a980-463f6b5696d9.html |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |