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Constructed in several parts, the Gantert Building has reained sufficient architectural character to be an important although not significant representative of commercial architecture in downtown LaCrosse.
The site of Stephen Gantert Furniture Factory in the 19th century. Stephen Gantert came to La Crosse from Germany at age 17 in 1861 and made furniture. By the mid-1870s, he was selling factory-produced furniture in a new store, the southern four bays of the present building. In 1885, he added two units of three bays each to the north of the original building and changed the ground floor. A black walnut staircase, supposedly crafted by the German furniture makers Gantert employed, shows the exceptional materials and forms that he used.
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