Category: Historical Buildings
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Jacob Schunk Farmhouse
In my recent pursuit to model every building in the registry of historic buildings, I found that there are two located in my hometown of Germantown Wisconsin. One is surprisingly close to the house that I grew up in, that being the Jacob Schunk farmhouse. It was built in 1858 for German dairy farmer Jacob…
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Helgaland a.k.a. the Gundersen House
Perhaps the coolest house in La Crosse Wisconsin is, in my opinion, Helgaland. Helgaland was the summer residence of Mr. A Gundersen and his wife, Helga. Dr. Gundersen is known as the founder of Gundersen Health System. The home was designed by Bentley and Merman Architects in the year 1918. It is located smack dab…