Property Record
1307 HAYES ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Roosevelt Grade School |
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Other Name: | Roosevelt Elementary School, Roosevelt School |
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Reference Number: | 33232 |
Location (Address): | 1307 HAYES ST |
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County: | La Crosse |
City: | La Crosse |
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Year Built: | 1923 |
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Additions: | 1940 1931 1970 |
Survey Date: | 1996 |
Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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Wall Material: | Stucco |
Architect: | Otto Merman |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Roosevelt School |
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National Register Listing Date: | 8/3/2017 |
State Register Listing Date: | 12/2/2016 |
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Additional Information: | Stucco exterior with brown tile patterned ornament; projecting two-story gabled entrance bay with a blind round arched over the rectangular entrance door; paired windows with pent roof over and blind balcony below in the gable. Multi-paned windows; rear addition in similar style with truncated hipped roof and similar, though on a smaller scale, entrance bay and door; three-sided bay window on first floor on the east side of the main wing. Roosevelt School is the only Mediterranean influenced public building in the city and the only school of the period by Otto Merman not influenced by Neo-Classicism. Constructed by Peter Nelson and Son. |
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Bibliographic References: | (A) Interview: Margaret Merman Holly, 1977. (B) Building Inscription. (C) Bentley Merman Collection; A.R.C. Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. A. Bentley and Merman Commission Records, UW-La Crosse, ARC. B. La Crosse Tribune, 19 January 1924, 14 April 1923, 2 September 1923, 16 November 1924, 6 September 1931, 19 January 1940, 23 January 1940. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |