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Historic Preservation Commission

The Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) administers Milwaukee's historic preservation ordinance, adopted in 1981, which provides certain kinds of legal protection for buildings or sites that have been declared historic by the Common Council. The HPC is responsible for designating historic landmarks and historic districts and for approving Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs) for permission to alter historic buildings.

The HPC meets monthly on Mondays in City Hall, Room 301A, 200 E. Wells Street at 3:00 P.M. unless otherwise indicated.

2008 HPC meetings 
Agenda and minutes are pdf files  
View information about agenda deadlines & parking
January 14     minutes
January 28 special meeting more information minutes
February 11   minutes
February 14 special meeting
1:30 City Hall Room 301B
meeting notice  
March 17   minutes
April 14  809 N. Broadway, 1st floor boardroom   minutes
May 19   minutes
June 16   minutes
July 14   minutes
August 11   minutes
September 15 Joint meeting with CPC 1:30 PM City Hall Room 301B    
Public comment    Goll Mansion COA City Attorney opinion
September 29 special meeting    
  Item 9B West facade without vegetation   West facade with vegetation
October 13 agenda  
November 10    
December 15    


The seven members of the HPC are citizens, architects, and historians  appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the Common Council:
Patricia Balon, Chair
Matthew Jarosz, Vice Chair
Sandra Ackerman
Ald. Robert J. Bauman
  Ann Pieper-Eisenbrown
Sandra McSweeney

For more information about the HPC, check the links below, send email to HistoricPreservation@milwaukee.gov, or call 414.286-5712 or 414.286-5722.

Historic designation
 Process

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General information

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District designation application pdf

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Site or structure designation form & instructions pdf

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FAQ pdf

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Comparison of local and national designation pdf
 Properties and districts

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Locally-designated areas

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National Register properties

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Historic designation maps
 
Certificates of Appropriateness

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Application form pdf

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Procedure pdf
· Certificates issued since Aug 2006
Preservation information

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DCD publications on historic architecture and rehabilitating older buildings
· Cream of the Cream City Historic Preservation Awards
· How to conduct historic preservation research

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