Property Record
1201 AVON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Evangelical Immanuel Lutheran Church |
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| Other Name: | Immanuel Lutheran Church |
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| Reference Number: | 33509 |
| Location (Address): | 1201 AVON ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Additions: | 1907 |
| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | church |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | Hugo Schick and Andrew Roth |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Creme brick structure; pointed arch windows and doors; stained glass windows; paired square towers with sextagonal towers flanking facade have ornamental stepped butresses; brick piers and corbeled brick along the eaves articulate the side elevations; pointed arch entrances into gable end with large Tudor styled arched window above; elevated foundation. The Emmanuel Lutheran Church is a well preserved significant example of early 20th century Gothic Revival church architecture in La Crosse. The congregation was begun by North La Crosse German Lutherans who wanted their own church. In 1905, the German Evangelical Lutheran Church was located on Avon at the southeast corner of St. Paul Street. In approximately 1907, the name was changed to the Emmanuel German Evangelical Lutheran Church at the same location. By 1909, the congregation is in the present building on the northwest corner of Avon at St. Paul. Since the 1906 (April draft) Sanborn-Perris Map does not indicate any church building complete or under construction at the latter address, we can assume that the new building was begun in 1906 and completed 1908. Related buildings: Immanuel Lutheran School (806 St. Paul Street). Albert J. Gutzke, builder. Brick Immanuel Lutheran School building demolished or greatly altered. The Emmanuel Lutheran Church, constructed in 1906 by Northside Germans who left the Southside First German Lutheran Church for the conveinence of a neighborhood chruch, is a well preserved example of early 20th century Gothic Revival chruch architecture in La Crosse. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Building Plaque. (B) A. Sanford and H. Hirshheimer, A History of La Crosse, Wisconsin 1841-1900 (La Crosse County Historical Society, 1951) p. 233. (C) La Crosse Argus 3 August 1907. (D) La Crosse City Directory, 1905-1909. (E) Sanborn-Perris Map, City of La Crosse, 1891, 1906. (F) "Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church Jubilee, 1888-1933," unpublished manuscript in the church history files of the LaCrosse Public Library, LaCrosse, Wisconsin. (G) La Crosse Tribune, 18 April 1907, 11 July 1907. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |