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518 E WALNUT ST

Historic Name:
Eckhart Leaf Tobacco Co.
Other Name:
Viroqua Leaf Tobacco Co.
Reference Number:
72623

Property Location

Location (Address)
518 E WALNUT ST
County
Vernon
City/Village
Viroqua
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1906
Additions
Survey Date
2000
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Brick
Architect
Parkinson & Dockendorff
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Originally built as the Fred Eckhart Leaf Tobacco Warehouse, this building was then later used by the Northern Tobacco Pool, created in 1922 when the growers felt they needed greater control of the market. Fred Eckhart, a German immigrant from Alsace, moved to DeSota and entered into the grain and live-stock business as a buyer. Eckhart soon moved to Viroqua to take advantage of the opportunities of rail road transportation that came to Viroqua in 1878. Reportedly, Eckhart built the first tobacco warehouse in Viroqua.

The Eckhart warehouse is one of three, brick, well-preserved tobacco warehouses (map codes 36/13 and 41/21) adjacent to one another that contributed to the tobacco industry. Approximately 7 additional tobacco warehouses, of which most are metal covered and now used for other purposes, remain along the old railroad track at the rear [north] of the three brick warehouse.
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