Eau Claire City Hall
The first building I chose on my walking tour in Downtown Eau Claire was the City Hall.
The Eau Claire City Hall is located on 203 South Farwell Street. The style of the City Hall is typical of civic buildings of the early twentieht century. The two-story structure brick is made of buff Bedford limestone and has four Corinthian columns in the front. The former multipaned windows have been replaced by large plates of glass. In 1978-79 the City Hall was attached to its neighbor, the former public building. The present building was constructed in 1916. Designed by George Awsumb, a former Eau Claire resident. The cost to construct this building was $ 72,000.
onal Bank (now U.S. Bank) is located on 131 South Barstow Street. The U.S. Bank is the cities only major surviving building of the Art Deco style, designed by Burham Brothers, Inc., of Chicago. The name of the bank was changed to First Wisconsin National Bank of Eau Claire in 1965, to Firstar Bank in 1994 and to U.S. Bank in 2002. It represents the "modern" architecture that highlighted the central business districts of the nation's largest cities in the nineteen-twenties and thirties. The Union National Bank was organized in 1906 through the merger of two local banks, the Bank of Eau Claire (established in the early 1870s) and the Chippewa Valley Bank (founded in 1885). In 1929, First Wisconsin Bankshares were interested in the bank. This additional backing enabled the Union National to survive the Great Depression, the only one of four banks in Eau Claire.
The Eau Claire City Hall is located on 203 South Farwell Street. The style of the City Hall is typical of civic buildings of the early twentieht century. The two-story structure brick is made of buff Bedford limestone and has four Corinthian columns in the front. The former multipaned windows have been replaced by large plates of glass. In 1978-79 the City Hall was attached to its neighbor, the former public building. The present building was constructed in 1916. Designed by George Awsumb, a former Eau Claire resident. The cost to construct this building was $ 72,000. Union National Bank (now U.S. Bank)
The Union Nati
onal Bank (now U.S. Bank) is located on 131 South Barstow Street. The U.S. Bank is the cities only major surviving building of the Art Deco style, designed by Burham Brothers, Inc., of Chicago. The name of the bank was changed to First Wisconsin National Bank of Eau Claire in 1965, to Firstar Bank in 1994 and to U.S. Bank in 2002. It represents the "modern" architecture that highlighted the central business districts of the nation's largest cities in the nineteen-twenties and thirties. The Union National Bank was organized in 1906 through the merger of two local banks, the Bank of Eau Claire (established in the early 1870s) and the Chippewa Valley Bank (founded in 1885). In 1929, First Wisconsin Bankshares were interested in the bank. This additional backing enabled the Union National to survive the Great Depression, the only one of four banks in Eau Claire.
I don't think anybody would miss this bank in downtown. I already noticed it the first day I was there, awesome.
ReplyDeleteI really like the City Hall. Eau Claire must have been really proud of that building back in 1916! The Art Deco style of the bank isn't quite so exciting to me, but it is functional!
ReplyDeleteKoji, have you also noticed the Royal Credit Union. I really think that building is impressive!
I have to comments actually, the first one is to Professor Johnson, this city has very dead down town, you can barely see too people walking in the street in the weekend.
ReplyDeleteThe second is more like a question which is, do u know why the US bank door is covered with those bags? I hope they are not bankrupt because I'll bankrupt.
Very good pictures. I admire the desidn of the buildings.
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