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MLS#1103949
1518 Madison St., La Crosse, Wisconsin on Weigent Park in the National Historic District.
One of the most beautiful Victorian homes in southern Wisconsin, you owe it to yourselves to take a look inside.
Designed by architects Stolze and Schick and built by Frank Schwalbe in 1897-98 for Segelke and Kohlhaus Millwork Company officer Adolf Kohlhaus Sr. and his wife Bertha, the home was created as a show place for the company’s fine woodwork and stained glass craftmanship.
This home has been meticulously restored, and received the Preservation Alliance of La Crosse Heritage Award in 1986. The original architect drawings and specifications are available and will stay with the home.

Each room is finished in a different wood, including varieties of oak and birch, sycamore, ash, southern pine, bird’s eye maple, and tiger maple. The beauty of the woodwork, upstairs and down, is truly spectacular, a lasting tribute to the old world German craftmen who created it. All of the woodwork in the home was varnished and hand rubbed 4 times.

4 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, entry hall with vestibule and formal red oak staircase, LR with fireplace, DR with vestibule, plant room, library, pantry, butler’s pantry, maid’s room, dressing room, darkroom, ample closets, wrap around screened front porch with turret, side and rear porches, 2 car garage, fenced backyard, lifetime tile roof, commercial grade refrigerator, stove, dishwasher.
Some photos (exterior and 1st floor) at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ggfischer/ExteriorViews1518MadisonStLaCrosseWI#

Shown by appointment.
608-782-3328

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