Property Record
COPELAND AVE, COPELAND PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Watch Tower |
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| Other Name: | Grand Crossing Tower |
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| Reference Number: | 33406 |
| Location (Address): | COPELAND AVE, COPELAND PARK |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Survey Date: | 19962016 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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. On a raised base covered by vertical siding, the board and batten octagonal watch tower is covered by a finial topped octagonal roof. Two over two windows create an observation area above the pent roof of the first story. Built during the 19th century railroad construction boom in North La Crosse, the watch tower is one of the few original structures associated with the early railroad era remaining in La Crosse. Hip roofed two-story watch tower with observation deck on east side. Moved to Copeland Park from Grand Crossing at Gillette Street in 1991. 2016 UPDATE - THE GRAND CROSSING TOWER HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED SINCE IT WAS LAST SURVEYED IN 1996. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Pratt and Owen, LACROSSE ILLUSTRATED, (LaCrosse: Art Publishing Co., 1887; Reprint: 1978), p. 36. Sanborn-Perris Insurance Map, City of La Crosse (New York: Sanborn Map and Publishing Co., 1906). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |