Week of Tours and Events
Beerline Trail App Tour
Tour the Beerline Trail through the Riverwest and Harambee neighborhoods, app available from May 6 - 16 Download the Historic Milwaukee app and take the Beerline Tour for FREE: download to your Apple or Android device. Take an audio walking tour of the Beerline Trail From Snail’s Crossing to the Capitol Drive overpass. The trail will take you…
Spaces & Traces 2021
Spaces & Traces: Virtual Neighborhood Tour featuring Harambee & Riverwest Virtual Tour Ticket Includes: Tour Properties: The tour will feature photo galleries and historic content showcasing 20 properties including residential homes and several non-residential properties. Neighborhood Histories: The tour will also include written histories about Harambee and Riverwest, written by historian John Gurda. Self Guided Beerline Tour: Take…
Renovating a Riverwest Funeral Home
Renovating a Riverwest Funeral Home
The Parlor: Restoring and Reinventing a Riverwest Funeral Home Learn about renovation efforts of a former Riverwest funeral home into a single family residence with home owner and architect Keith Stachowiak. The former Schramka Funeral Home was designed in 1928 by Roland Kurtz. Undertaker Eugene Schramka and his wife Rose raised three children in the upstairs…