Property Record
2001 LA CROSSE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Oak Grove Park; Lake Park |
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| Other Name: | Myrick Park |
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| Reference Number: | 34863 |
| Location (Address): | 2001 LA CROSSE ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Additions: | 1930 |
| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | park |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
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| Wall Material: | Other |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The evidence of landscape and park design in the history of Myrick Park was found. Further investigation is needed. The original 20 acre site was called Lake Park. It served as a fairground and trotting park after 1873. The city established control of the property, but not title in 1887. In 1904, the park became known as Oak Grove. During the WPA era of the 1930s, the park was enlarged. Related building: Park Shelter (95-7). Landscape designer: P. E. Stevens |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Western Historical Co., History of La Crosse County Wisconsin (Chicago, 1881), p. 507. (B) Bryant, Memoirs of La Crosse County, (Madison, 1907), pp. 173-174. (C) Miller, Stan "A History of La Crosse, WI, 1900-1950," Ed. Thesis, Geo. Peabody College (1959), p. 245-246. (D) La Crosse Sunday Morning News, 18 June 1882. (E) La Crosse Chronicle, 13 May 1883. (F) La Crosse Leader, 16 Aug 1912, 16 Dec 1913. (G) History of La Crosse Co., 1881 p.513 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |