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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.
 

2009 HPC meetings 
Agenda and minutes are pdf files  
View information about submittal deadlines & parking
January 20  Tuesday   minutes
February 16   minutes
March 16   minutes
April 20   minutes
May 18    
June 15 agenda  
  Hide House Public Hearing Report
July 20    
August 17    
September 21    
October 19    
November 16    
December 14    

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
  Randy Bryant
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
· Mayor's Design Awards
For awards prior to 2008. see Cream of the Cream City Awards 
· How to conduct historic preservation research

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Related links
 

 

 
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