Preservation Racine, Org

05/31/2026

Remember our meeting tomorrow, June 1 at Klinkert Hotel in Sturtevant. 7 pm.

Our speaker will talk about tax credits for historic homes and buildings. See you tomorrow.

05/19/2026

Announcing June 1, 2026 Meeting
It will be a great one, unique location and highly informative.
7 pm
Klinkert Hotel
2810 Wisconsin Ave. Sturtevant, WI

We have been granted a wonderful opportunity to meet at the Ernest C. Klinkert Hotel, built in 1910, to serve passengers of the nearby train station. We will hear a brief talk about its past.

In addition, a spokesperson from the Midwest Regional Director of the Heritage Consulting Goup, Jen Davel. She will talk about “The Power of Historic Tax Credits for Commercial/Main Street Buildings, Religious Properties and Historic Homes”. Ms. Davel was also a part of the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office. Please spread the word, invite your friends! Bring your questions!

Please consider joining
www.PreservationRacine.org. Go to our webpage for more information.

Preservation Racine is a nonprofit volunteer organization preserving historic buildings, districts, and sites in Racine County, Wisconsin.

05/06/2026

Our Century Homes meeting was a success! Great presentations and food!

If you you would like to read about all this years Century Homes, go to Preservatioracine.org and read the Summer 2026 newsletter.

Consider joining us! Thank to everyone who worked so hard to make this a success!

05/06/2026

Great meeting Monday night May 4th. If you would like to learn about the homes and buildings that won the awards, you can go to PreservationRacine.org. Go to the Summer 2026 newsletter for all the info.

Thank you to all who work so hard to make this a success!!

Preservation Racine is a nonprofit volunteer organization preserving historic buildings, districts, and sites in Racine County, Wisconsin.

05/02/2026

Reminder
May meeting
Monday May 4, 6 pm
Dekoven
Century Homes Awards and Presentation with a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to pass. Join us for an evening of learning more about Racine’s history.

04/19/2026

May 4, 2026
Century Homes Awards
National Preservation Month
“The Power of Place”
6 pm
Dekoven

Join us when we announce the Century Homes award winners for 2026. These are homeowners with 100 year old homes and who have been wonderful custodians of them.

Come learn about the owners and their homes!

This is a potluck dinner meeting, please bring a dish to pass.

04/11/2026

Racine has some fantastic buildings that are not being utilized. So we have added a new page to our website that highlights several endangered buildings around Racine, a little bit about their history, and what their current status is as a local landmark. Feel free to check it out! Thanks to Scott Leonard!

Endangered buildings may not be in imminent danger of being razed, but may be vacant, in poor condition, or with no clear future use.

04/07/2026

Wonderful meeting tonight! Full of twists and turns! Thanks Al Karls!

Great turn out too!

04/04/2026

PRESERVATION RACINE
Membership Meeting
Monday, April 6, 2026
7:00 PM
Memorial Hall
Ruby Red Room
72 - Seventh Street
Racine, Wisconsin

Join us to learn from Alan Karls describing the influence that famed landscape architect Jens Jensen had on Island Park in Racine and the story of how a grand plan to develop Racine parks failed to materialize. Alan is a Racine native who has written about the history of Racine Horlick Athletic Field: Drums along the Foundries. He has created a slide show containing images of Jens Jensen's plans and other materials which have not been seen by the public for over 100 years.

Please note, ample parking is available behind the library. Use the furthermost door to enter Memorial Hall, not the door with the awning. This door.

03/03/2026

Our March meeting was historic and fun. A folk song sing-a-long telling the story of Wisconsin. Here are a couple of photos!