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1601 MADISON ST

Historic Name:
Fred Cutler House
Other Name:
Reference Number:
34954

Property Location

Location (Address)
1601 MADISON ST
County
La Crosse
City/Village
La Crosse
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1902
Additions
Survey Date
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Balloon Frame
Wall Material
Clapboard
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Built during the resurgence of Neo-classical architecture, the frame two-story house constructed with a low truncated hip roof is dominated by a portico featuring colossal Ionic columns. Groved corner boards, pilasters supporting the entablature over the sidelighted double leafed entrance door and the elliptical arched transom window are architectural details of the Cutler House associated with the classical style. Features include: multiple pedimented gable roofed dormers; hip roof extends over two-story portico supported by colossal Ionic columns; projecting entrance bay with classical entablature over double leafed entrance door visually supported by applied pilasters; fan shaped overlight and side lights of leaded glass; grooved pilaster corner boards; round bay window and three-sided two-story bay on west side; decked rear porch. A rather simplified interpretation of the Neo-Classical Revival style, this house built for Fred Cutter, an employee of German-American Bank, is significant as an early example of a house influenced by the Neo-Classical Revival style and as one of the few structures in La Crosse to use the colossal columns characteristic of the monumental nature of the style. Fred Cutter was president of the German-American Bank.
Bibliographic References
(A) La Crosse City and County Directory (La Crosse: L.P. Philippi Co., 1902, 1904). (B) Jim La Brasch, 1601 Madison, unpublished paper, ARC Murphy Libary, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (C) City Water Records, La Crosse Public Library, 1902.

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National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
Contributing
Yes
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