300 S 3RD ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

300 S 3RD ST

Architecture and History Inventory
300 S 3RD ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Fred Kroner Wholesale Hardware Company Building
Other Name:Esteban Restaurant and Cantina/Apartments
Contributing:
Reference Number:32157
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):300 S 3RD ST
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1893
Additions:
Survey Date:19962017
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:Unknown
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Plain projecting metal cornice; flat arched plain windows, altered store front. Segmental arched windows on side elevations; Interior white pine timber more than two fee thick extending continuously from basement to roof.

Built for the Kroner family for use as a wholesale warehouse in 1893, the structure restored for use as a restaurant and apartment complex is one of the best preserved examples of 12890s utilitarian architecture in the city of LaCrosse.

Converted to apartments and restaurant use in 1979.

2017 UPDATE - BUILDING APPEARS SUBSTANTIALLY AS IT DID WHEN LAST SURVEYED IN 1996.
Bibliographic References:A. City of LaCrosse Tax Records, ARC Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, 1880-1894. B. L.P. Philippi, Philippi Art Souvenoir (LaCrosse,d Philippi Publishing Co., 1904; Reprint: 1978)p. 92. C. LaCrosse City and County Directory, (LaCrosse: L.P. Philippi Co., 1893).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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