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1648 LIBERTY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1648 LIBERTY ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1648 LIBERTY ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:McKenzie Manufacturing Company Building
Other Name:La Cro Products, Inc.
Contributing:
Reference Number:34937
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1648 LIBERTY ST
County:La Crosse
City:La Crosse
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1918
Additions:
Survey Date:19962016
Historic Use:industrial bldg/manufacturing facility
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:2000
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:Flat roofed two-story industrial building with sied elevations articulated by slender brick piers, plain projecting cornice and recessed two-story panels characterizing the front facade, multi-paned windows industrial windows, and two one-story additions on south side. Showing remarkable integrity considering the various uses over the years, the McKenzie Building is a significant industrial building typical of industrial construction in La Crosse at the turn of the century rather than the more modern industrial structure. R.C. McKenzie established a potato picking machine factory in La Crosse in 1918. The McKenzie Co. built in the 1920s was one of the largest producers of potato growing implements in the nation.
2016 UPDATE - BUILDING NOT EXTANT. A NEW ONE STORY BRICK BUILDING, STILL OCCUPIED BY LA CRO PRODUCTS, INC IS AT THIS LOCATION. UNKNOWN WHEN THE HISTORIC BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED, CIRCA 2000, AFTER THE 1996 SURVEY.
Bibliographic References:(A) City Directories. (B) R. L. Bangsberg, "McKenzie Manufacturing Company Produces One-Fourth of Potato Planters Used in United States," LaCrosse Tribune, 5 June 1927.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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