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Plans Announced to Rehabilitate and Reuse Chapel, Ward Memorial Theater and Governor's Mansion

In the spring of 2021, Old Main and five other buildings across the Soldiers Home grounds were restored to provide 101 housing units for...

Become a Soldiers Home Tour Guide

The Milwaukee Soldiers Home is seeking volunteer tour guides to lead visitors through the historic grounds and share knowledge about the...

Soldiers Home Collectibles in MPA Virtual Storefront!

Show your support for the Soldiers Home by purchasing pieces of memorabilia in the new Milwaukee Preservation Alliance Virtual...

MPA Launches Soldiers Home Store

The Milwaukee Preservation Alliance (MPA) is now offering two Soldiers Home items through their new online store. The first is the...

MPA Announces New & Improved Ways to Explore the Soldiers Home

The Milwaukee Preservation Alliance has relaunched its free downloadable walking tour app and announced in-person guided tours of the...

Rehabilitation of Historic Milwaukee Soldiers Home into Veterans Housing Honored by the ACHP and HUD

On Wednesday, December 15, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation...

Soldiers Home Honored with Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award

On Thursday, November 4, the Milwaukee Soldiers Home and Milwaukee Preservation Alliance, along with project partner The Alexander...

Milwaukee Preservation Alliance Honored with Historic Preservation Award

The Wisconsin Historical Society’s Board of Curators recently honored the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance (MPA) with its Historic...

WEBINAR: Revitalization Through Preservation

Last week, Milwaukee Preservation Alliance, Inc. joined Husch Blackwell for a Revitalization Through Preservation, a presentation hosted...

MPA Celebrates Unprecedented Preservation Success, Sets Sights on Additional Buildings

Decade-long Save the Soldiers Home effort sees occupancy of once endangered historic building

Speaker Series: Waukesha County Historical Society

Peter Zanghi, President of the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance, presented on the Soldiers Home for the Waukesha County Historical...

Get a Sneak Peek Inside Old Main

One year ago, The Alexander Company began work to rehabilitate six historic buildings on the Milwaukee Soldiers Home grounds – including...

MPA Launches Online Learning Resource for Milwaukee Soldiers Home

Today, the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance (MPA) launched an at-home learning resource focused on the Milwaukee Soldiers Home. The...

Rehab Project is Underway

For more than a decade, the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance has advocated for the Soldiers Home's vacant historic buildings to be...

OnMilwaukee: VA issues requests for proposals for Ward Theater and two other landmarks

As work proceeds on converting architect Edward Townsend Mix's imposing hilltop "Old Main" building– and five others – on the grounds of...

Urban Milwaukee: VA Redeveloping More of Soldiers Home

Some of Milwaukee’s oldest buildings will see new life under a plan from the United States Department of Veteran Affairs. Originally...

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