Property Record
300-302 PEARL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | F. Doerre Building |
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| Other Name: | The Barbers/LaVonne's Bar |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 33510 |
| Location (Address): | 300-302 PEARL ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1879 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | La Crosse Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/2/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/8/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | Projecting cornice of moulded brick with decorative rows of dentil trim extending around the two exposed elevations; recessed facade bordered by blind arches at the top and by capped brick piers extending the full length of the facades through the cornhice to the pawrapet. Elaborately articulated round arched window hoods with large decorativge keystone and corbeled ends over long narrow windows; secondary cornice the store front; store fronts have been altered for contemporary commercial use. Having retained much of its original character, the F. Doerre Building known to have housed clothing, jewelry, and shoe stores at avarious times in the 19th century is an unusual brick interpretation fo a commercial structure influenced by the Romanesqua Revival and Italianate Revival style. Under more investigation the structure could be a significant building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. City of La Crosse Tax Records, 1866-1896. B. La Crosse City Directory (La Crosse: Phillippi Co., 1888, 1895.) C. Sanborn Insurance Map, City of La Crosse, (New York: Sanborn Map and PUblishing Co., 1906). D. L.P. Phillippi, Philippi Art Souvenier, (La Cerosse: Philippi Publishing Co., 1904, (Reprint 1978) p. 73. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |