Built in 1891 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
One of 60 National Register listings published here for La Crosse County · listed in 1985 · category: Building · built in 1891, Romanesque Revival architecture.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
An account from the chapter on La Crosse city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
In the month of September of this year, 1847, a circumstance happened v.hich created immense excitement among the residents of La Crosse, involving the character and reputation of one citizen temporarily by the fear that he was guilty of the crime of murder, and had his suspected victim been found dead, as he was at one time likely to have been, the fate of a niui'derer would doulitless have been decreed him.
This property stands in La Crosse City. History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin : Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources : an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages-their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies : Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers : the Whole Preceeded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, published 1881 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on La Crosse City - 39,168 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of E.R. Barron Building between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900058 |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004198 |
| 27 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2004189 |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2003958 |
| 5 July 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2003248 |
| 31 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1807990 |
| 29 June 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of E.R. Barron Building: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Crosse City Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Horn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kedhara Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| La Crosse Sand Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lacrosse Sand and Gravel Co. Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | LaCrosse Commercial Historic District | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | Wisconsin Telephone Company Building | 0.1 miles | 1985 |
 | Waterworks Building | 0.2 miles | 1979 |
 | Powell Place | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| George Zeisler Building | 0.2 miles | 1993 | |
| Joseph B. Funke Company | 0.2 miles | 2014 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85001362 in Record Group 79. |
| La Crosse County | All 60 listed properties in this county. |
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