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Historic preservation publications

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Order form for up to 10 copies of books and/or booklets
Order form for 10 or more copies of books and/or booklets

Books
As Good As New: A Guide for Rehabilitating the Exterior of Your Old Milwaukee Home, 258 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound, 11” x 8½”) $15.00

Good for Business: A Guide to Rehabilitating the Exteriors of Older Commercial Buildings, 130 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound, 11” x 8 ½”) $15.00

Living with History: A Guide to the Preservation Standards for Historically Designated Houses in Milwaukee (illustrated with line drawings, perfect bound, 11” x 8 ½”) $10.00

Spiral bound copies of As Good As New and Good For Business are available upon request.

Booklets
Ethnic Architecture Series - The rich heritage of immigrant architecture.  These booklets are staple bound and measure 4” x 8 ¼”) $2.00 each

Ethnic Church Tour, 32 pp. 
Ethnic Houses Tour, 60 pp. 
Ethnic Commercial and Public Buildings Tour, 60 pp.

Bound report
City of Steeples: An Inventory of Architecturally Significant Worship Structures in Milwaukee," 94 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound, 8 1/2 x 11") No charge; limited quantity available.

Walking/driving tour brochures [no charge]

  1. Avenues West
  2. Bay View
  3. Juneautown: Preservation, Revitalization and Adaptive Reuse (downtown close to the Milwaukee River)
  4. Juneautown: The Heart of Old Milwaukee (downtown east of the Milwaukee River
  5. Kilbourntown (downtown west of the Milwaukee River)
  6. North Point Neighborhood
  7. Walker's Point: Residential Tour
  8. Walker's Point: Commercial and Industrial Buildings Tour
  9. West End
  10. Yankee Hill

Posters
Over 20 neighborhood posters are available featuring artwork on the front and a small map and history on the reverse.  View the posters and ordering information.

 

 

 
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