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Guide to the Parkinson & Dockendorff Architectural Drawings, ca. 1910-1950 MSS 061

Guide to the Parkinson & Dockendorff Architectural Drawings, ca. 1910-1950

MSS 061

Summary Information

Abstract
The Parkinson & Dockendorff architectural firm in La Crosse, Wisconsin, existed from approximately 1902-1952. Bernard Dockendorff and Albert E. Parkinson designed many of the most significant surviving Early Modern (1900-1940) commercial and public buildings in La Crosse, Wis.; however, the firm designed buildings throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest including residential structures as well. This collection consists of architectural drawings created by the architectural firm of Parkinson and Dockendorff but is not a complete set. Among their design commissions were approximately 150 schools and/or additions and numerous churches.
Collection Title
Parkinson & Dockendorff Architectural Drawings,
Date of Materials
circa 1910-1950
Creator
Parkinson & Dockendorff (Architectural firm).
Call Number
MSS 061
Amount
33.6 cubic feet
Physical Description
4 archives boxes and 69 telescoping boxes
Language of Materials
English
Repository
La Crosse Public Library Archives

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Historical note

Bernard Dockendorff (b. January 22, 1878, d. September 23, 1952), a La Crosse native, was the son of Bernard J. and Elizabeth Hoeschler Dockendorff. He attended St. Joseph's Cathedral School and secondary school at La Crosse High School, after which he worked for two years (c. 1895-1897) with the local architectural firm of Stolze and Schick before leaving in 1897 to study architecture at the Polytechnic Institute, University of Darmstadt, Germany. He worked for two years with Ludwig Becker, a cathedral architect in Mainz, Germany. Returning to La Crosse around 1905, he formed a partnership with Albert Parkinson, which lasted until their deaths in 1952. A. E. Parkinson (b. February 17, 1870, d. September 21, 1952), a native of England was trained in the practices of architecture by his father and the schools of Scranton. He worked as an engineer and contractor in Sparta, Wisconsin, shortly before forming the architectural firm with Dockendorff.

Licensed to practice in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, and Illinois, the Parkinson and Dockendorff offices located in the Linker Building in downtown La Crosse provided practical training for several young area architects including architect Otto Merman, associated with Percy D. Bentley and later Herbert W. Skogstad, and Robert Cerney, who later became an architect in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. Credited with the design of over 800 public buildings, the firm's commissions included schools, residences, hospitals, commercial structures and civic buildings.

Thomas Dockendorff described the architectural firm as existing from 1902-1952. €œ[Parkinson and Dockendorff] were commissioned to design approximately 150 schools and/or additions. Three distinct periods of design may be classified from their work. The early period, 1902-1912, is the classic Georgian style with pyramidal roof, dormer windows, and centrally placed cupola. The principle period, 1912-1930, is characterized by the €˜academic' or €˜collegiate' Gothic style with multi-stories of reddish brick and Bedford limestone trim. The third style occurred during the Depression and World War II period and is denoted by a lack of ornamentation, the use of yellow brick, and fewer commissions.€ Dockendorff contended that €œthe influence of one architectural firm upon the design of so many structures had a significant impact of the perception of how schools should look.€

Eight of the Parkinson and Dockendorff buildings are on Wisconsin's National Register of Historic Places; however, none of plans for these structures are included in this collection. These sites include the Beckkedal Leaf Tobacco Warehouse on 504 East Decker in the town of Viroqua, the La Crosse County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy at 700 Wilson Avenue in Onalaska, the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery on Coon Prairie and E. Coon Prairie Roads in Viroqua, the Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School on 110 West Third Street in Marshfield (only an addition is contained in this collection), the Charles Samuel Richter House at 55, 103, and 105 Underwood Avenue in Montello, the Sparta Masonic Temple in Sparta, the Viroqua Downtown Historic District including Main Street, roughly bounded by West Court, East Jefferson and the odd numbered 200 block of South Main Street in Viroqua, and the Waupaca Free Public Library on 321 South Main Street in Waupaca.

Parkinson and Dockendorff are responsible for the design of four of the school buildings in the city of La Crosse, including the Holy Trinity Catholic Church (built in 1907) on 1417 South 13th Street, the Aquinas Catholic High School on 11th Street, the Blessed Sacrament School (built in 1938), and the physical education building, known as Wittich Hall, at the La Crosse Normal School at 1724 State Street, in 1930.

In 1927, Paul Neverman compiled a booklet and published by Parkinson and Dockendorff called Twenty-five Years of School House Planning.

This collection of prints was found in the attic of the Albert Parkinson home, formerly located on property owned by the La Crosse Public Library. Following the deaths of Parkinson and Dockendorff, their drawings and supplies located at their business address were purchased by another La Crosse architectural firm, Schubert, Boyum and Sorenson, and subsequently to Kratt & Associates Architects. The firm became DY Architects owned by David Yellick, but the blueprints were purchased by Marc Zettler of Zettler Designs. Many of those designs have been digitized by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's Murphy Library.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of blueprints, their corresponding indices, and building specification booklets for the years roughly starting around 1910 through 1950. The indices list building projects in the order in which they were begun and are arranged numerically by file number, starting with file number 309 through file 798. Building projects listed are predominately in La Crosse and southwestern Wisconsin with a smaller portion on greater Wisconsin and a handful of projects in southeastern Minnesota and are primarily schools, churches, hospitals, and some private residences. Blueprints for the buildings indexed are housed separately from the index and specification booklets. Unnumbered plans were placed at the end of the collection.

Of the eight Parkinson and Dockendorff buildings that are on Wisconsin's National Register of Historic Places, only the addition to the Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School on 110 West Third Street in Marshfield is contained in this collection.

There is also an index to Parkinson & Dockendorff architectural plans available at DY Architects, formerly known as Kratt & Associates, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which has more complete coverage of the firm's designs than can be found in this publicly accessible collection. However, a former owner of Kratt loaned and gave some drawings away and there isn't an index to those project files that are now missing.

Because the drawings are not dated, an attempt was made to associate years of construction when possible. The notation Rausch 1996 in the container listing is a reference to a page from the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin Intensive Survey Report: Architectural and Historical Survey Project from 1996.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

La Crosse Public Library Archives 2014 August

800 Main St.
La Crosse, Wisconsin, 54601
(608) 789-7136
archives@lacrosselibrary.org

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

(Accession no. x-2, 1999.020) Donated by the La Crosse Public Library to the Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1983; returned to La Crosse Public Library Archives in 1999

(Accession no. 1983.002) Index to blueprints held by Marc Zettler Design architectural firm donated by Tom Umhoefer, Feb. 1983

Processing Information note

Processed by Anita Taylor Doering, 2000; finding aid written by Sloan Komissarov and Anita Taylor Doering, 2010

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Related Materials

Related Materials

(Mss 127) Thomas P. Dockendorff Materials Related to the Parkinson and Dockendorff Architectural Firm, [1981-1997] held at the La Crosse Public Library Archives

(Mss 141) Albert E. Parkinson Papers, 1899-1903; 1936-1938 held at the La Crosse Public Library Archives

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Architectural drawings (visual works)

Personal Name(s)

  • Umhoefer, Tom

Subject(s)

  • Architects--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Architecture, Domestic--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Architecture--Designs and plans
  • Architecture--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • Church architecture--Wisconsin--La Crosse
  • School buildings--Wisconsin--Designs and plans

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Collection Inventory

Specification Booklets 

Arrangement note

Arranged by file or project number assigned by the architectural firm

Box Folder

330, 438, 495 (2 booklets), 506, 510, 513, 527 (2 booklets), 528, 531, 533 (2 booklets), 536, 537, 541 (2 booklets), 545, 553 (2 booklets), 554 (2 booklets) 

1 1-5

570, 572, 581, 584, 588, 597 (2 booklets), 600 (2 booklets), 602 (2 booklets), 603, 612, 613 (2 booklets), 623 (2 booklets), 624 

2 1-5

625, 627 (2 booklets), 628, 629, 630, 634 (2 booklets), 635 (2 booklets), 636 (3 booklets), 650½ 

3 1-4

701, 702, 704, 705, 708, 713, 719, 720, 721, 722, 725, 778, 787, 793 (notes) 

4 1-6

Digital versions of #623 Oconomowoc High School (scanned by Gorman & Assoc.) and #631 Reynolds House 

4 7

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Box Folder

Index to Architectural Blueprints owned by Marc Zettler Designs

Acquisitions Information

Donated by Tom Umhoefer, Feb. 1983

4 8

Architectural Blueprints 

Arrangement note

Arranged by file or project number assigned by the architectural firm

Box

309 High School, Soldiers Grove, WI; Client: Soldiers Grove, WI; Notes: 11 sheets 

5

320 Residence, Ossian, IA; Client: Spillman, J. M.; Notes: 6 sheets 

5

325 School House, Park Falls, WI; Client: Park Falls, WI; Notes: 6 sheets 

5

328 Church, Cumberland, WI; Client: Cumberland Church; Notes: 2 sheets 

6

330 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Bentley, C. E.; Notes: 8 sheets, 16-page book of specifications 

6

337 Bank, Viroqua, WI; Client: First National Bank; Notes: 10 sheets 

6

344 Church, Miesville, MN; Client: Catholic Church; Notes: 10 sheets 

6

346 Church, Minot, ND; Client: St. Leo's Catholic Church; Notes: 10 sheets 

6

351 High School, Galesville, WI; Client: Galesville School Board; Notes: 14 sheets 

7

353 New Village Hall, Whitehall, WI; Client: Village of Whitehall; Notes: 15 sheets 

7

359 YMCA Building, La Crosse, WI; Client: YMCA; Notes: 22 sheets 

7

361 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Client: Jones, Alfred; Notes: 2 sheets, number 1 and number 4 

7

362 Residence, Viroqua, WI; Client: Proctor, M. P.; Notes: 2 sheets, number 1 and number 4 

7

363 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Client: Schuster, W. H.; Notes: 2 sheets, number 1 and number 4 

7

365 Residence, Oconomowoc, WI; Client: Moulding, H. A.; Notes: 2 sheets, number 1 and number 4 

7

368 School Building, Westby, WI; Client: Westby School Board; Notes: 12 sheets 

8

368 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Designed: 1908? (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Hogan, James Jr.; Notes: 6 sheets 

8

372 Catholic School, Loyal, WI; Client: Catholic Church; Notes: 9 sheets, includes 1 unnumbered sheet 

8

374 Trinity School, La Crosse, WI; Client: Trinity Parish; Notes: 11 sheets 

8

376 Church, Waterloo, IA; Client: Sacred Heart Church; Notes: 10 sheets 

8

376 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 1634 Cass Street; Built: 1909, (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Kroner, G.; Notes: 3 sheets, number 1, 4, 5 

8

384 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 407 South 13th Street; Built: 1909 (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Dockendorff, Bernard; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

9

393 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 1227 West Avenue South; Built: 1910 (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Euler, William; Notes: 6 sheets 

9

397 Residence, Sparta, WI; Client: Abel, Theo; Notes: 1 sheet 

9

398 Residence, unknown; Client: Unknown; Notes: floor plan for a house, one sheet, number 4 

9

400 First National Bank Building, Groton, SD; Client: First National Bank; Notes: 12 sheets 

9

401 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 320 South 17th Street; Built: 1909-1910 (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Soderberg, E. A.; Notes: 6 sheets 

9

405 Parsonage, Stanley, WI; Client: Emer, Rev. Peter; Notes: 6 sheets 

9

407 Addition to County Jail, Trempealeau, WI; Client: Trempealeau County; Notes: 11 sheets 

10

418 Residence, Richland Center, WI; Client: Thompson, C. R.; Notes: 6 sheets 

10

419 Duplex House, La Crosse, WI; Client: Candrian, Adolf; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

10

424 Residence, Viroqua, WI; Client: Baldwin, Dr. R. W.; Notes: 6 sheets 

10

426 Residence, Monona, IA; Client: Wellman, L. A.; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

10

438 Auditorium, La Crosse, WI; Client: Unknown; Notes: 14 sheets, 22 page book of specifications 

10

440 Saloon Building, La Crosse, WI (north side); Client: John Gund Brewing Company; Notes: 4 sheets 

11

445 School Building, Mabel, MN; Client: Mabel School Board; Notes: 11 sheets 

11

446 House, unknown; Client: Unknown; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

12

447 Residence, Prairie du Chien, WI; Client: Shader, F. A.; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

12

450 Residence, Guttenberg, IA; Client: Petters, C. W.; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 3 

12

451 Residence, Waukon, IA; Client: Collins, James; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 3 

12

451 Residence, Prairie du Chien, WI; Client: Paris, J. W.; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

12

452 Addition to school house, Norwalk, WI; Client: Norwalk School Board; Notes: 4 sheets 

12

454 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 930 South 6th; Built: 1914 (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Schroeder, Leo; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

12

467 Residence, Viroqua, WI; Client: Fortney, N. E.; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 

13

477 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Client: Unknown; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 3 

13

483 Theater, Waukon, IA; Client: Bartell, M. J.; Notes: 8 sheets, plan of arrangement for heating 

13

488 Church, Bancroft, IA; Client: Congregation of John the Baptist Church; Notes: 10 sheets 

13

489 10th Street Addition, La Crosse, WI; Client: St. Francis Hospital; Notes: 12 sheets 

14

495 High School Building, Watertown, IA; Client: Watertown School Board; Notes: 17 sheets, 2 books of specifications, 45 pages and 35 pages 

14

500 Marquette County Courthouse, Montello, WI; Client: Marquette County; Notes: 8 sheets 

15

501 Residence (Bungalow-style), Holmen, WI; Client: Thoreson, A. B.; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

15

502 Marquette County Jail, Montello, WI; Client: Marquette County; Notes: 7 sheets 

15

504 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Client: Barrows, Mrs. Edna; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 3 

15

505 Store Building Number 4, La Crosse?; Client: C & J Michel Brewing Company; Notes: 7 sheets, 2 sheets of detail work 

15

506 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 1728 Cass Street; Built: 1915-1916 (Rausch 1996, p. 102); Client: Pamperin, Louis A. 

15

509 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 928 State Street; Built: 1915, not extant (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Linker, Phillip; Notes: 2 sheets, 1 and 4 

15

510 Monroe County Insane Asylum, Sparta, WI; Client: Monroe County; Notes: 8 sheets, 18 page book of specifications 

16

513 Parochial School, 1916, Elroy, WI; Client: St. Patrick's Congregation; Notes: 13 pages, 30 page book of specifications 

16

515 Warehouse and Office Building, La Crosse, WI; 220-228 N. Front Street; Client: W. A. Roosevelt Company; Notes: 19 sheets, includes 9 sheet supplement 

16

515 Additions to the church, Cottage Grove, WI; Client: Catholic Church; Notes: 5 sheets 

16

520 Moving Picture Theater, Sparta, WI; Client: Bell, Otto; Notes: 5 sheets 

17

522 Addition to Woolen Mills, Prairie du Chien, WI; Client: Unknown; Notes: 5 sheets 

17

524 School and Sisters' Residence, Fennimore, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 9 sheets 

17

527 High School Building, 1916, Prairie du Chien, WI; Client: Prairie du Chien; Notes: 15 sheets plus 2 books of specification 27 and 32 and pages, 1 page heating/ventilation plan 

17

528 High School Building, Berlin, WI; Client: School Building; Notes: 15 sheets, 52 page book of specifications 

18

531 Physical Education Building (Wittich Hall), 1916; Client: Wisconsin State Normal School; Notes: 28 sheets, revised basement plans, 70 page book of specifications 

18

532 Church, Heron Lake, MN; Client: S. S. Cyril and Methodist Church Congregation; Notes: 10 sheets 

19

533 High School, 1917, Platteville, WI; Client: School Board; Notes: 18 sheets, 2 specification books 40 pages and 25 pages 

19

536 Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Oak Forest), 1917,Onalaska, WI; Client: La Crosse County; Notes: 10 sheets, 34 page book of specifications 

20

537 Parochial School, Marytown, WI; Client: The Visitation of the Virgin Mary Congregation; Notes: 9 sheets, 10 page book of specifications 

20

540 Parsonage, Waukon, IA; Client: St. Patrick's; Notes: 7 sheets 

20

541 High School, Hudson, WI; Client: School Board; Notes: 17 linen sheets including revisions, 2 books of specifications, 25 and 35 pages related to File 798 

21

542 Office and Warehouse Buildings, La Crosse, WI 1205 S. 7th St.; Client: John Salzer Seed Company; Notes: 12 sheets, includes one sheet for heating and ventilation plan 

21

545 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 1815 King Street; Built: 1917 (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Cassels, B. J. 

22

546 County Normal School, Viroqua, WI; Client: Vernon County; Notes: 8 sheets, 1-5, 8, 10 & 11 

22

548 High School Building, 1918, Clintonville, WI; Client: School Board; Notes: 19 linen sheets 

22

549 Church and Parsonage, Stockbridge, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 15 sheets 

23

549 Church and Parsonage, Stockbridge, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 15 sheets, revised set 

23

551 Hotel Building, La Crosse, WI; 318 Main Street; Remodeling 1919 (Rausch 1996 p. 102); Client: Linker Realty Co.; Notes: 11 sheets 

23

553 Training School, Price County, WI; Client: Price County; Notes: 13 sheets, 2 books of specifications 25 and 10 pages 

24

554 Residence (Bungalow style), 1919, Montello, WI; Client: Richter, Charles S. [for his daughter Mrs. Scott]; Notes: 6 sheets, 4 sheets of small format prints for heating specification book 8 and 18 pages 

24

558 St. Mary's Hospital, Sparta, WI; Client: St. Mary's Hospital; Notes: 13 sheets 

24

559 Theater and Office Building [Rivoli], La Crosse WI; Client: La Crosse Theater Company; Notes: 19 sheets, 1919 official date 

25

570 High School, Oconomowoc, WI; Client: Oconomowoc; Notes: 18 sheets, 22 page book of specifications 

26

572 Nurse's Home, La Crosse, WI; 1735 Main (not extant; ca. 1919-1920); Client: Grandview Hospital; Notes: 11 sheets, 22 page book of specifications 

26

581 Heating Plant, Lyndon Station, WI; Client: St. Mary's Church; Notes: 2 sheets, 4 page book of specifications 

27

584 Plumbing and Heating Structure Unit at Westfield School, Westfield, WI; Client: Westfield School; Notes: Partial set of 7 sheets 3-7, 11-12, 46 page book of specifications 

27

588 School Building, La Crosse, WI; Client: Towns of Barre and Hamilton (La Crosse Co., WI); Notes: 5 sheets, 21 page book of specifications 

27

594 Church, Lakefield, MN; Client: St. Joseph's Congregation; Notes: 8 sheets 

27

595 Garage, Oconomowoc, WI; Client: W. S. Wing Co. Notes: 8 sheets 

27

596 Houses, Camp Douglas, WI; Client: Western Union Telegraph Co.; Notes: 7 sheets 

28

597 Grade School, Merrill, WI; Client: Merrill, WI; Notes: 14 sheets, 1914 official date, 2 books of specifications, 20 and 40 pages 

28

599 Alteration of Old High School, Merrill, WI; Client: Merrill, WI; Notes: 6 pages 

28

600 Junior High School, Marinette, WI; Client: Marinette, WI; Notes: 20 sheets, 2 books of specifications, 25 and 40 pages 

29

602 School Building, Horicon, WI; Client: Horicon, WI; Notes: 1921 official date, 17 pages, 2 books specifications, 25 and 40 pages 

29

603 Masonic Temple, Viroqua, WI; Client: Masons; Notes: 12 sheets, 40 page book of specifications 

30

606 Store and Office Building, Appleton, WI; Client: Aid Association for Lutherans; Notes: 24 sheets, plus a single blueprint 

30

612 Town School, Bayfield, WI; Client: Town of Russell; Notes: 5 sheets 

31

612 School for District 28, Vernon County, WI; Client: Town of Sterling; Notes: 1921 official date, 5 sheets, 22 page book of specifications 

31

613 Ward School, Wausau, WI; Client: Wausau, WI; Notes: 11 sheets, 2 books of specifications, 50 and 35 pages 

31

618 Addition to St. Rose's Convent, La Crosse, WI; Client: St. Rose's Convent; Notes: 6 sheets 

32

620 High School Building; Client: Eagle River, WI; Notes: 17 sheets 

32

621 Church, Merrill, WI; Client: First Presbyterian Congregation; Notes: 1922 official date, 10 sheets 

32

623 High School, Oconomowoc, WI; Client: Oconomowoc, WI; Notes: 17 sheets, 2 books of specifications, 25 and 50 pages [digital version also available] 

33

624 Residence, Westby, WI; Client: Stevlingson, H. O.; Notes: 8 sheets, 21 page book of specifications 

33

625 Church, St. Mary's Ridge, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 1922 official date, 8 sheets, 31 page book of specifications 

33

627 High School, Beaver Dam, WI; Client: Beaver Dam, WI; Notes: 1922 official date, 18 pages, 2 books of specifications, 25 and 40 pages 

34

628 Residence, Arcadia, WI; Client: Barry, George; Notes: 8 sheets, book of specifications 25 pages 

34

629 Factory Building, Prairie du Chien, WI; Client: Prairie du Chien Woolen Mill Co.; Notes: 7 sheets, 22 page book of specifications 

34

630 High School, Sparta, WI; Client: Sparta, WI; Notes: 23 sheets, faulty duplicates, some sheets marked 622 by mistake 

35

631 Residence, La Crosse, WI; 1702 King Street (Rausch 1996, p. 102); Client: Reynolds, T. F. [digital version also available]; Notes: 1922 official date, 8 sheets 

35

632 County School, location unknown; Client: Unknown; Notes: 5 sheets 

36

634 High School Building, Lancaster, WI; Client: Lancaster, WI; Notes: 1924 official date, 21 sheets, 40 page book of specifications 

36

635 Alteration and Addition to Douglas School, Watertown, WI; Client: Watertown, WI; Notes: 1922 official date, 7 sheets, 2 books of specifications, 10 and 40 pages 

36

636 High School Building, Gays Mills, WI; Client: Gays Mills, WI; Notes: 1922/1923 date, 10 sheets, 2 books of specifications, 25 and 35 pages 

37

636 Residence, La Crosse, WI; Client: Stephan, John; Notes: 6 sheets, 20 page book of specifications 

37

639 Gymnasium, Mayville, WI; Client: Mayville, WI; Notes: 21 sheets 

37

646 Church, Neillsville, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 9 sheets 

37

650 ½ Addition to Grade School, Hudson, WI; Client: Hudson, WI; Notes: 8 sheets, Structural steel blueprints, materials blueprint, 46 book of specifications 

38

654 St. Rose's Convent, La Crosse, WI; Client: Catholic Church; Notes: 18 sheets 

38

676 Addition to Purdy School, Marshfield, WI; Client: Marshfield, WI; Notes: 1926 date, 21 sheets 

39

684 School, New Richmond, WI; Client: New Richmond, WI; Notes: 1926 date, 17 sheets 

39

684 School, New Richmond, WI; Client: New Richmond, WI; Notes: 1926 date, 17 sheets 

39

686 School, Niles Center, IL; Client: St. Peter's Congregation; Notes: 13 sheets, by Parkinson and Dockendorff with Herman J. Gual, Associate Architect, Chicago 

40

690 Storefront, location unknown; Client: Unknown; Notes: 2 sheets of unidentified structural work 

40

694 Aquinas Catholic High School, La Crosse, WI; Client: Catholic Church; Notes: 1922 date, 17 sheets, separate specifications related to File 727 and File 739 

40

697 Home and Hospital for the Aged, Wausau, WI; Client: Marathon County; Notes: 15 sheets, 15 pencil sketches on 7 sheets of architect's or drafter's notes 

41

701 Junior High School, South Milwaukee, WI; Client: South Milwaukee, WI; Notes: 18 sheets, heating and ventilation schedule, specifications 

41

702 Parochial School, La Crosse, WI; Client: St. John the Baptist Congregation; Notes: 1928 date, 11 sheets, heating and ventilation blueprint, 40 page book of specifications 

41

704 Gymnasium, Beaver Dam, WI; Client: Wayland Academy; Notes: 12 sheets, heating and ventilation date sheet, 30 page book of specifications 

41

705 Additions and Alterations to St. Mary's Church, Bangor, WI; Client: St. Mary's Catholic Church; Notes: 6 sheets, 19 page book of specifications 

42

708 Church, St. Joseph's Ridge, WI; Client: St. Joseph's Congregation; Notes: 7 sheets, book of specifications 

42

711 Record Store, La Crosse, WI; Client: Sears Roebuck and Company; Notes: 1928 date, 15 sheets, sheets 4-5 duplicated 

42

713 Remodeling of Retail Store Building, La Crosse, WI; Client: Hoeschler, Frank J.; Notes: 5 sheets, 25 page book of specifications 

43

717 Store and Office Building, La Crosse, WI; Client: Hoeschler, Frank; Notes: 1929 date, 17 sheets 

43

719 Store, Cashton, WI; Client: Badger Store, Inc.; Notes: 1930 date, 4 sheets, 30 page book of specifications 

43

720 St. Francis Hospital, La Crosse, WI; Client: St. Francis Hospital; Notes: 1930 date, 16 sheets, 30 page book of specifications, 5 page revision, 4 page structure €“ Ward Allen Co. 

44

721 Church, Durand, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 1930 date, 9 sheets, 20 page book of specifications 

45

722 Sister's Residence and Addition to the School, Durand, WI; Client: St. Mary's Congregation; Notes: 1930 date, 4 sheets, 15 page book of specifications 

45

725 Basement of Ward School, South Milwaukee, WI; Client: South Milwaukee, WI; Notes: 1930 date, 2 sheets, 10 page book of specifications 

45

727 Addition to Aquinas High School; Client: Aquinas High School; Notes: 1931 date, 8 sheets, related to File 694 and File 739 

46

733 High School/Grade School, Trempealeau, WI; Client: Trempealeau, WI; Notes: 1932 date, 11 sheets, related to File 775 

46

737 School, Loyal, WI; Client: Loyal, WI; Notes: 10 sheets 

46

738 Grade School/High School, Sharon, WI; Client: Sharon, WI; Notes: 14 sheets 

46

739 School Building, Tomah, WI; Client: Tomah, WI; Notes: 1934 date, 5 sheets, 34 page book of specifications, related to File 745 

47

739 2nd Addition to Aquinas High School, La Crosse, WI; Client: Aquinas High School (Catholic Church); Notes: 1935 date, 8 sheets, not related to other File 739, related to File 694 and File 727 

47

741 Addition to School, Mabel, MN; Client: Mabel, MN; Notes: 7 sheets some numbered 741, some 742, 1 copy of all pages numbered 1-6 and 11 

47

742 New School, Ontario, WI; Client: Ontario, WI; Notes: 1935 date, 14 sheets 

47

743 Addition to School, Plum City, WI; Client: Plum City, WI; Notes: 1936 date, 11 sheets 

48

744 School Addition and Gymnasium, Withee, WI; Client: Withee, WI; Notes: 1935/1936, 14 sheets, 2 page letter 

48

744 School and Gymnasium, Benton, WI; Client: Benton, WI; Notes: 1936 date, 13 sheets, not related to other 744 

48

745 Second Story, Manual Training Shop, Tomah, WI; Client: Unknown; Notes: 1936 date, 3 sheets, may be related to File 739 

49

747 Store and Apartment Building, La Crosse, WI; Client: Daniell, D. B.; Notes: 1936 date, 8 sheets 

49

752 Church, Fond du Lac, WI; Client: English Lutheran Church (Church of Our Saviour, ELCA); Notes: 1937 date, 8 sheets 

49

760 High School, Loyal, WI; Client: Loyal, WI; Notes: 1937 date, 14 sheets 

50

761 High School/Grade School; Client: Hammond, WI; Notes: 1937 date, 9 sheets 

50

763 Blessed Sacrament Parish Church, La Crosse, WI; Corner of King and 24th Street; Client: Blessed Sacrament Parish; Notes: 1947 date, 13 sheets 

50

765 High School, Portage, WI; Client: Portage, WI; Notes: 1932 date, 14 sheets 

51

766 High School, Abbotsford, WI; Client: Abbotsford, WI; Notes: 1938 date, 9 sheets 

51

767 School, Hannibal, WI; Client: Hannibal, WI; Notes: 

52

768 School, Joint School District No. 1, Lake Mills, WI; Client: City and Town of Lake Mills, Jefferson County, WI; Notes: 1938 date, 18 sheets 

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768 Winona Clinic, Winona, MN; Client: Winona Clinic; Notes: 2 sheets 

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772 Lumber Storage Shed, La Crosse, WI; Client: Segelke Kohlhaus Co.; Notes: 1939 date, 2 identical copies of 5 sheets 

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775 High School/Grade School, Trempealeau, WI; Client: Trempealeau, WI; Notes: 1940 date, 7 sheets 

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778 Second Story Addition, Manual Training; High School, Sparta, WI; Client: Sparta, WI; Notes: 1940 date, 7 sheets, 35 page book of specifications 

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785 St. Francis School of Nursing, La Crosse, WI; Client: St. Francis School of Nursing; Notes: 19 sheets, duplicate 

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786 St. Mary's Catholic School, La Crosse, WI; Client: St. Mary's Catholic School; Notes: 1941 date, 6 sheets 

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787 St. Joseph's Hospital, Arcadia, WI; Client: St. Joseph's Hospital; Notes: 1946 date, 15 sheets, 70 page book of specifications 

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789 New Store Building, Viroqua, WI; Client: Dahl, Paul A.; Notes: 1946 date, 9 sheets 

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790 Addition to High School, Eagle River, WI; Client: Eagle River, WI; Notes: 1946-1947 date, 12 sheets 

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790 Addition to High School, Eagle River, WI; Client: Eagle River, WI; Notes: 1947 date, 11 sheets (2 sets) 

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792 Addition to High School, New Richmond, WI; Client: City of New Richmond/Town of Star Prairie/Stanton; Notes: 1948 date, 7 linen sheets 

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793 St. Benedict Community Hospital, Durand, WI; Client: St. Benedict Community Hospital; Notes: 1948 date, 16 sheets, includes a white print [see also notes with the specification booklets] 

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794 Addition, La Crosse, WI; Client: La Crosse Trailer and Equipment Co.; Notes: 1946 date, 11 sheets (an electronic version also exists of this set)

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794 Winona Scholasticate Additions and Revisions to a dormitory, Winona, MN; Client: St. Mary’s College (Brother Gregory of Christian Brothers Novitiate) Notes: 1949 date, 7 numbered sheets, 15 unnumbered sheets 

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795 Addition to High School, Clintonville, WI; Client: Clintonville, WI; Notes: 1949 date, 25-30 sheets, 2 numbered, 10 unnumbered, 15-20 engineers drawings 

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796 St. Benedict Community Hospital, Durand, WI; Client: St. Benedict Community Hospital; Notes: 1950 date, 18 inked plastic sheets 

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797/798 Addition to School, Hudson, WI; Client: Hudson, WI; Notes: 20 sheets, 1 sheet of File 797 

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798 La Crosse Brewers Inc., Warehouse remodeling; Client: La Crosse Brewers, Inc.; Notes: 38 sheets 

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Architectural Blueprints Without File Number 

for La Crosse, Wisconsin, customers: 

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City of La Crosse Fire Station 

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Evans (Evan) residence; 2 sheets (sheets 1 and 3 only) - he might be from Bango, WI, instead? 

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Hoeschler Office Building (rough drawing); 2 sheets 

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La Crosse Breweries, addition to bottling works (1946); 6 sheets 

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Trane Co., electrical plan for plant 32 by Austin Co., Chicago (1939) 2 sheets - incomplete 

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Zeisler (L.A.) service station Rose and Gillette streets (1945) 4 sheets 

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generic school/church plans 

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not La Crosse, Wisconsin, customers: 

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Arcadia Municipal Hospital, Arcadia, WI 

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Berlin High School, Berlin, WI 

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Ferguson residence, Viroqua, WI 

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Fortney garage (1945) 

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Hoffland tavern, Viroqua, WI 

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Lutheran Home, Winona, MN 

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Norwalk High School addition, Norwalk, WI 

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Sacred Heart Church, Freemont, MN; Notes: 15 sheets 

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St. Mary's Home for the Aged 

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St. Peter's School, Skokie, IL 

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Salzer barn, Ferndale on the Mississippi, MN 

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Viroqua Home for the Aged, Viroqua, WI 

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Hudson High School addition, Hudson, WI 

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Withee High School addition, Withee, WI 

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School house, Pound/Rib Lake, WI; Designed by A.E. Parkinson, Sparta, WI 

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