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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 205 N LOSEY BLVD |
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| County | La Crosse |
| City/Village | La Crosse |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1926 |
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| Additions | 1962, 1973 |
| Survey Date | 1996 |
| Historic Use | house |
| Architectural Style | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
| Structural System | |
| Wall Material | Stucco |
| Architect | Carl Schubert,Schwalbe Construction Co. |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments | 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. During the period when the Spanish Colonial style broke geographic constraints and spread across the country, the architect used a white stucco exterior, red tile trim, wrought iron, a stepped facade, a large chimney, and round arched windows and entrance porch to create the Spanish Colonial style in the Beach house. Features include: one-story stucco house with red barrel tile coping on the parapet with iron grilles in the cut-out openings, projecting pent roofs over multi-paned windows, round south bay window with metal roof, and round one-bay open entrance portico with round arched openings. Additions on the north side are similar in design; iron fenced front patio. The house designed for Guy Beach in 1926 is a significant example of Period Revival architecture in La Crosse and of the early work of a local architect, Karl Schubert. Guy Beach was connected with the theatre. Frank Burgess, Sec/Treasurer of the La Crosse Tribune Co., purchased it c. 1931. Additions along the north side were constructed in 1962 and 1973. |
| Bibliographic References | (A) Dr. L. Crocker, Dept. of Art, University of Wisconsin. (B) Wright's La Crosse City Directory (Milwaukee: Wisconsin, Wright Directory Co., 1928, 1932, 1939). (C). La Crosse Tribune, 22 October 1995. (D) Roderick Robins, "The Nietsch House," unpublished paper, UW-La Crosse, ARC. (E) La Crosse City Water Records, La Crosse Public Library, Archives. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | 23rd and 24th Streets Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date | Nov 05, 2010 |
| State Register Listing Date | Nov 05, 2010 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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