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1400-1402 LIBERTY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1400-1402 LIBERTY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1400-1402 LIBERTY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:Second Best Shoppe
Contributing:
Reference Number:34913
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1400-1402 LIBERTY ST
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1889
Additions:
Survey Date:19962016
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Red brick commercial building with projecting cast iron cornice with brackets, flat straight stone window lintels, one over one windows, corner entrance, segmental arched windows, altered store front, two-story frame addition on north side, and two-story stucco addition at rear.

2016 UPDATE - FRONT FIRST FLOOR FACADE CONTINUES TO BE COVERED WITH WOOD, SIDE FIRST FLOOR FACADE CONTINUES TO BE COVERED WITH STUCCO. SECOND FLOOR FRONT AND CANTED CORNER REMAIN INTACT, WITH DATE STONE, HOWEVER, SOUTH SECOND FLOOR FACADE IS COVERED WITH INSULATION SHEETING, POSSIBLY THE BRICK VENEER HAS BEEN REMOVED. LOSS OF INTEGRITY.
Bibliographic References:(A) Building inscription.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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