September Preservation News

Happy Fall to our incredible followers.

We’ve got some “crisp” updates, so grab your favorite fall beverage

(i.e. maple and/or pumpkin spice lattes) and settle in to your preservation updates:

In case you missed it:

The Cream City Brick Symposium

is back for its second year and

TIME IS RUNNING OUT to register!

Join us October 8th, 8:30am to 3pm, at Trimborn Farm in Greendale for a day of Preservation Education, History, and a private tour of the Trimborn Grounds.

Breakfast pastries, coffee, and lunch included. AIA CEUs Offered.

Registration closes soon! Sign up here.

We’re thrilled to bring this event back for a second year thanks to the generosity of our sponsor, ZS, LLC.

Provided in partnership with AIA-Milwaukee and MCHS

Cudahy Historical Society

MPA was thrilled to partner with the Cudahy Historical Society to present on our beloved Soldiers Home. Special thanks to Cheryl Orlando, the CHS President, for the warm welcome!

MPA's Soldiers Home ticketed tours may be sold out, but please consider visiting some of our favorite community partner’s offerings:

St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church

Becher Street

St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church

S 9th Street

Doco Drive: Divine Line Tour of Midcentury Churches

Capitol Drive

Arts @ Large (Home of MPA's Office!)

S. 5th Street, Walkers Point

Stabilization Planning is well underway, and we're also working on a plan to seal the building from water infiltration prior to winter.

On October 7th, we will be appealing to HPC for a Mothball Certificate. Never Fear! This doesn't mean that we're stopping work, it just buys us time to work on all the code violations issued by the city.

As always, special thanks to Berglund Construction for their continued work on this phase!

Want to keep informed as the Tavern Project unfolds? We’ll post updates as often as they happen on our website!

ADVOCACY

Friends of the Domes' Vision Plan

The Friends of the Domes ’ vision plan was unveiled at the County Board Meeting on September 3rd. MPA was proud to support the plan, and encourages all of our followers to reach out to their own local county supervisors and support the Domes Call to Action.

Summerfield United Methodist Church

Many of you reached out to us about the news surrounding the old Summerfield United Methodist Church. We are currently in contact with the new developer with plans to meet soon and will keep you all updated!

Thank you to everyone who has utilized our Advocacy Form already!

Do you have a building in your neighborhood under threat? That's historic? That's important to you? Tell us about it!

We're gathering a list of the historic buildings that matter to YOU!

Please follow the link below and fill out the short (less than 3 minutes!) form:

CLICK HERE FOR FORM

Office Updates

We've been working hard behind the scenes to better serve our membership and the community. Some things we've been working on:

We've partnered with Insect Hobby Design, a Milwaukee local, to bring a fresh take to MPA's branding and website and the project is well underway. We're so excited to have a new look to reveal soon!
We recently wrapped up our 5+ year Strategic Plan with Square Root Consulting and are ready to get to work!

We thank you for your continued support and assure you, even when things are a little quiet, we’re working hard to make preservation mainstream in Milwaukee!

MPA had the honor of touring the Soldiers Home with Alderwoman Larresa Taylor.

September Soldiers Home Tours are all SOLD OUT!

Didn't make a tour, but still want to have a guide? We accept Private Tour requests for groups of 10 or more throughout the year, and there's also a self-guided walking tour app available. Please visit our website for more information.

Group Tour Form

Self-Guided Walking Tours

Want to learn more from the comfort of your own home? Purchase one of our Soldiers Home limited-edition books today!

Formerly Out-of-Print Book Now Available on MPA's Website!

"Out at the Soldiers' Home: A Memory Book" by Elizabeth Corbett is now back in LIMITED QUANTITIES!

All proceeds benefit MPA and our work at the Soldiers Home!

"Out at the Soldiers' Home: A Memory Book, a rather anecdotal account of her life and the lives of the men living at the home. Republished by the West Side Soldiers' Aid Society, it is perhaps the only published memoir of a person who lived at one of the dozens of national and state homes built to care for veterans of the Civil War."

Order Now

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 8th: Cream City Brick Symposium

October 16th-18th: WHS Local History & Historic Preservation Conference

October 28-30th: PastForward National Preservation Conference in NOLA

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