Learn the Real Truth About the Wisconsin Brandy Old Fashioned Join Historic Milwaukee for an event at The Estate on Milwaukee's East Side for a talk with award-winning author Jeanette…
Featuring 8 Mid-century Modern homes and 1 church around the metro Milwaukee area including the North Shore, Wauwatosa & Cudahy. The tour includes access to these 9 properties on the…
Welcome to Yankee Hill! The neighborhood is bounded by Wisconsin Avenue on the south, Ogden Street on the north, Water Street on the west and Prospect Avenue on the east. This choice, pioneer location on a bluff, high above the surrounding swamp land and open to the cooling breezes off Lake Michigan, saw its period of growth…
Historic Milwaukee is pleased to co-host this virtual book talk with Boswell Books featuring Milwaukee in Stone and Clay: A Guide to the Cream City's Architectural Geology with author, Raymond Wiggers. The recording of the Zoom lecture will be available for seven days following the event. About the Book Milwaukee in Stone and Clay follows…
"Religious architecture is even more prominent. Walker's Point's crowning glory is its churches, and nowhere in Wisconsin will you find so many historic houses of worship in such a small…
The First and Second Street Historic District celebrates the almost continuous development of the area from the 1840s to the 1920s. Added to the register in 1987, the district has transformed…
This East Side neighborhood, with its Polish and Italian working class communities, briefly became Milwaukee’s counter-culture stronghold in the 60’s and 70’s.
Downtown Milwaukee's narrative has most often focused on the stories of Milwaukee's three founders, omitting the many contributions of women. This walk will explore these stories and connect them to…
Join Historic Milwaukee tour guide, Judy Wimmer, Ph.D. Nineteenth Century American Religions, for a walking tour of churches in downtown Milwaukee. The tour will include grand churches in the Gothic…
Lulu & her cousin, Rocky, enjoyed Milwaukee and now you can too! See some of the great sites from the book, Lulu and Rocky in Milwaukee, and explore more about…
