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Property Record

415 FRONT ST

Historic Name:
Kansas Flour Mills Co. Elevators
Other Name:
Cargill Grain Elevators
Reference Number:
33341

Property Location

Location (Address)
415 FRONT ST
County
La Crosse
City/Village
La Crosse
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1920
Additions
Survey Date
1996
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Concrete
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
Yes
Demolished Date
0
Additional Comments
Cluster of reinforced concrete grain elevators. Contrasting with the brick construction of the Cargill elevators across the street, these elevators are significant as an example of early modern reinforced concrete industrial construction in La Crosse. W.W. Cargill settled in La Crosse in 1875. He had a grain elevator constructed in Milwaukee Railroad Grounds north of the La Crosse River in 1880. The elevator burned in 1904 and the buildings here replaced it. Cargill's company became internationally important and still operates. La Crosse was a major center of grain milling and shipping between 1880 and 1900.
Bibliographic References
A. La Crosse Tribune, 5 December 1924. B. Sanborn Map Co., City of La Crosse Insurance Map, 1906, Revised, 1934.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
Contributing
Yes
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