Interested in discovering more about your house? Learn how to research your home with retired librarians Nancy Torphy and Carolyn Colwell. They will review the tools available at the library, City of Milwaukee, and Milwaukee County that will reveal the history of the families and architecture of your home or building. Have a property outside…
Join artist, historian and teacher, Ben Tyjeski, for a walk about architectural terra cotta and tile. He will take you through the East Side, sharing his loved for fired earth, as he points out the architectural ceramics decorating warehouses, businesses and apartment buildings from the 1920s and 1930s. Many of these structures are the best…
Fall Special Tours on sale August 22nd, 2023! On Friday, October 28, 1892, the city’s largest and most destructive fire occurred in the Historic Third Ward. It began with spontaneous combustion in the Union Oil and Paint Company building on the Milwaukee River at Water Street, south of St. Paul Avenue. The fire spread east…
Fall Special Tours on sale August 22nd, 2023! On Friday, October 28, 1892, the city’s largest and most destructive fire occurred in the Historic Third Ward. It began with spontaneous…
Tour the Knickerbocker with John McGivern This tour is currently sold out, members are welcome to add themselves to the waitlist. Tickets will be limited to Historic Milwaukee members. Tickets will be available on September 29 at 10 am. Members will receive an email to book tickets. Join Milwaukee actor/storyteller, John McGivern, on a tour…
Tour the Knickerbocker with John McGivern Tickets will be limited to Historic Milwaukee members. Tickets will be available on September 29 at 10 am. Members will receive an email to book tickets. Join Milwaukee actor/storyteller, John McGivern, on a tour through the historic Knickerbocker. The host of "John McGivern's Main Streets" will give an inside…
