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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 books have been scanned and are available for free download at the links below. Reduced prices are available for owners of designated properties.
Built in Milwaukee: An Architectural View of the City
(Large file, 137MB)
218 pp. Illustrated with maps and photographs.
Out of print.
As Good As New: A Guide for Rehabilitating the Exterior of Your Older House (54 MB) 258 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound, 11” x 8½”) $15.00
A Plan for Preserving the Character of Milwaukee's Central Business District. 1996.
Out of Print.
Good for Business: A Guide to Rehabilitating the Exteriors of Older Commercial Buildings (Large file 25 MB)
130 pp. (illustrated with photographs, perfect bound, 11” x 8 ½”) $15.00
Comb-bound copies of As Good As New and Good For Business are available upon request.
These are studies done specifically for Historic Preservation purposes.
Some are available for viewing online. The rest are available in the Municipal Resarch Library in the City Hall Complex.
Bay View, 1990
Part 1 (238 pages). Part 2 (333 pages)
10
15
(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.
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