Property Record
400 LACROSSE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | La Crosse City Hall |
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| Reference Number: | 79951 |
| Location (Address): | 400 LACROSSE ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1970 |
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| Survey Date: | 199620162017 |
| Historic Use: | city/town/village hall/auditorium |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
| Structural System: | Reinforced Concrete |
| Wall Material: | Concrete |
| Architect: | HARRY SCHROEDER OF HACKNER, SCHROEDER, ROLANSKY AND ASSOCIATES, LA CROSSE, WI |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2016- "The La Crosse City Hall is a Brutalist building designed by the La Crosse architecture firm Hackner, Schroeder, Roslansky & Associates in 1969.28 This six-story building has an irregular plan, rests on a concrete foundation, and has a flat roof. The overall form is split into four intersecting volumes, each clad in textured concrete with vinyl veneer and curtain walls. In plan the three projecting corner volumes wrap around a central tower; this design is based on the "pinwheel" system developed by Paul Rudolph in the Art and Architecture Building at Yale University.29 The corner volumes are connected to the central tower by large masses of concrete. The main entrance is centrally located on the front (west) facade of the central tower. The entrance is surrounded by a courtyard and approached from N. Fourth Street through a stairway flanked by symmetrical concrete planters. The front facade is devoid of the curtain walls and vinyl panels that dominate the north, east, and south elevations. Instead, it has a monumental presence, mostly constructed of concrete with symmetric vertical voids and recesses. The symmetry of the massive concrete front facade is contrasted by the irregularity of projecting corner volumes. Windows are generally multi-pane aluminum." -"N 6th St: State St to Badger St", WisDOT#5991-05-27, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., (2016). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |