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Call 414-286-5722 for information and shipping & handling charges. Reduced prices are available to owners of historically-designated properties in the city. Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday
Order form for up to 10 copies of books and/or booklets
Order form for 10 or more copies of books and/or booklets
All of our materials been scanned or are digitally native and are available for free download at the links below. Reduced prices are available for owners of designated properties.
116 pp. (illustrated with line drawings, perfect bound, 11” x 8 ½”), $10
258 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound or comb-bound, 11” x 8½”) $15
Signage Chapter Only, 4 MB
130 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound or comb-bound, 11” x 8 ½”) $15
218 pp. Illustrated with maps and photographs.
Out of print.
Limited copies available.
(These booklets are staple bound and measure 4” x 8 ¼”) $2.00 each by mail. Free for pickup.
Ethnic Church Tour, 32 pp.
Ethnic Houses Tour, 60 pp.
Ethnic Commercial and Public Buildings Tour, 60 pp.
All are available for online viewing.
Avenues West
Bay View
Juneautown: Preservation, Revitalization and Adaptive Reuse (mostly East Wisconsin Avenue)
Juneautown: The Heart of Old Milwaukee. Front. Back. (downtown's east riverfront area, Out of Print)
Kilbourntown (downtown west of the Milwaukee River)
North Point Neighborhood
Walker's Point: Residential Tour
Walker's Point: Commercial and Industrial Buildings Tour
West End
Yankee Hill
These are studies done specifically for Historic Preservation purposes.
All are available for viewing online. Print copies can be seen viewed at the Municipal Resarch Library in the City Hall Complex.
Bay View. 1990. Oklahoma to Becher; Kinnickinnic to Lake Michigan
North Third Street Area Historic Preservation Study. 1983. Brewers Hill and King Drive: McKinley to North Avenue; Water Street/ Humboldt to 6th Street; 1st and 2nd Streets from North to Center
North Third Street Area Intensive Historic Structures Survey, Final Report. 1983. Brewers Hill and King Drive: McKinley to North Avenue; Water Street/ Humboldt to 6th Street; 1st and 2nd Streets from North to Center
Citywide Comprehensive. 1979 (published 1982)
Approximately 6700 properties of all types See also Built in Milwaukee above.
City of Steeples. 1996. Citywide, religious structures. Updated in 2023 with index and higher quality original photos.
Downtown / Central Business District. 1986. Florida to McKinley/Ogden; I-43 to Lake Michigan; includes Third Ward
Lower East Side. 1988. Lyon to Bradford; Milwaukee River to Lake Bluff or Summit, excluding North Point South
Milwaukee Historic Ethnic Architecture Resources Study. 1994. Citywide, primarily German and Polish
Near South Side. 1987. Greenfield to Virginia; I-43 to Layton Boulevard.
Sherman Park. 2012. Mostly N. 46th Street from North to Chambers, portions of N. 41st to N. 49th in same area.
West Side. 1983 Wisconsin Avenue to McKinley Boulevard/Avenue & I-43 to Miller Valley