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600 S 28TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

600 S 28TH ST

Architecture and History Inventory
600 S 28TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:James Evans House
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:34509
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):600 S 28TH ST
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1927
Additions:
Survey Date:1996
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: Otto Merman and H. Skogstad
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Two-story gable roofed house with symmetrical designed five-bay facade, outside wall chimney, quoins, one-story enclosed south side porch, six over six windows, cornice returns in gable ends, exterior wooden shutters, imitation lap siding, and small scale rounded open Neo-classical one-bay entrance portico supported by slender columns over side lighted entrance door with elliptical arched overlight. The architectural significance of the Evans House although a significant representative of Merman's Colonial Revival style has been altered by its move from 105 Losey Blvd., South in recent years.
Bibliographic References:(A) Blueprint, PSK-589, Otto Merman-Percy Bentley Collection, ARC Murphy Library, UW-La Crosse.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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