Property Record
510 S 9TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Abraham Lincoln Junior High School |
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| Other Name: | Lincoln Middle School |
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| Reference Number: | 32927 |
| Location (Address): | 510 S 9TH ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Additions: | 1959 |
| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Otto Merman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Rusticated lower story beige brown brick with aqua tile panels between 2nd and 3rd story windows; string courses and small projecting cornice give horizontal emphasis; parapet with date and name inscription panel. Facade broken by two story capped brick piers and recessed decorative brick patterned panel on the end bay of the facade. Wrought iron balconies are located above the pressed stone entrances decorated with floral designs on the freize. Three sided bay window. Addition on south side. Lincoln School is architecturally important as one of the two best remaining public school structures in the Neo-Classic style by Otto Merman in the decade of the 1920s. Of the public schools by Merman (other than the Vocational School) Lincoln has retained the best architectural integrity. School designed with an auditorium in the center of the building and with a kindergarten room adjacent to the auditorium that also served as a social center and meeting room. 2017 UPDATE - THIS BUILDING LOOKS SUBSTANTIALLY LIKE IT DID WHEN LAST SURVEYED IN 1996. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Building Inscription. B. Interview: Margaret Merman Holley, daughter of the architect, May 1977. A. La Crosse Tribune, 31 August 1924. B. La Crosse Tribune, 27 March 1995. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |