Property Record
1220 DENTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fire Station No. 5 |
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| Other Name: | Eighth Ward Engine House |
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| Reference Number: | 35305 |
| Location (Address): | 1220 DENTON ST |
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| County: | La Crosse |
| City: | La Crosse |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 19962020 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Stoltze and Schick Architectural Firm; Fred A. Gross, builder |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Fire Station No 5 |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/24/2021 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/20/2021 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. 1996: Gable sloped parapet above main gable; slightly projecting central bay defined by corbeled piers blind round arch. Elevation broken by corbeled brick piers with corbeling between. Segmental and flat arched windows. Altered store front. 2020: First-story artificial stone cladding removed in 2019, revealing the intact masonry openings for engine bay doors as well as historic pedestrian door in side facade (previously covered on both interior and exterior). Second-story retains original two-over-two wood double hung windows. Many of the interior finishes are still present beneath wood paneling and suspended ceiling, installed in 1967. Interior retains its character-defining spatial organization: large apparatus bay at the front (with its original freestanding staircase); smaller utilitarian spaces in the former stables at the rear; and second story club room, dormitory, and offices arranged around central hallway. The interior also retains its unique construction system, with the second story floor joists hung from the roof trusses by cast iron tie rods, in order to allow the first story apparatus bay to be column-free. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sanborn-Perris Map, City of La Crosse, Sanborn Map Co., 1906, Revised 1910. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |