Freight House (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

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Freight House
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Location of the Freight House
Location107-109 Vine St.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°48′56″N91°15′11″W / 43.81556°N 91.25306°W / 43.81556; -91.25306
Arealess than one acre
Built1880 (1880)
Website www.thefreighthouse.com
NRHP reference No. 82000678 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 1982

The Freight House is a restaurant in downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin located close to the river front and Riverside Park. The building was a freight house built by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway in 1880, with an addition in 1904. [2] [3] It was converted in 1978 into a restaurant. [4] It is on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Filipowicz, Diane H.; Matucheski, Michael R. (September 24, 1980). "Freight House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  3. "Freight House (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul freight depot)". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  4. "Freighthouse Restaurant - La Crosse". La Crosse Tribune.