Washington Highlands Historic Preservation Corporation

03/07/2025

Your title includes a discriminatory covenant or deed restriction from 1919. If you want to address it, Wisconsin law now allows you to do so. 2023 Wisconsin Act 210 permits a property owner to record a statutory form to document your objection to this language on your property title.
You can find the form @https://doa.wi.gov/Legal/DOA-5603_Discharge%20and%20Release%20of%20Discriminatory%20Restriction.pdf, and filing instructionshttps://doa.wi.gov/Legal/DOA-5603_Instructions_Discharge%20and%20Release%20of%20Discriminatory%20Restriction.pdf
If you have a discriminatory covenant or deed restriction on your property and would like to record this form, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association is here to help cover the cost of the recording fee.

https://action.wra.org/2023/07/10/discriminatory-covenants-and-deed-restrictions-in-wisconsin/

11/28/2024

Streetlight project almost done!

10/04/2020

Please check out our new fact sheet about our historic street light project! Our neighborhood is on the City's schedule for street light replacement in 2021. The default light fixtures are shown below and some have already been installed along 60th and 68th Streets. The Highlands neighborhood has the option of a special assessment to install light fixtures that are more historically accurate. To show support for the historic light option, we are collecting neighborhood signatures in the next couple of weeks via an online petition which can be found on our neighborhood page and will also be emailed. Our intent is to share the results of the petition with the Common Council who will determine whether or not to pass the special assessment. If you would like to see the difference between the default light and historic light option, some neighbors have temporarily LED-wrapped one of our historic light fixtures on the Washington Circle/Washington Blvd intersection (at the base of Applecroft Park) and a default light option on Milwaukee Ave. near the entrance of Washington Circle.

07/30/2019

Do you shop at Metcalfe Markets? For the month of August, please use the coupon below for a 5% discount! Metcalfe’s will match the donations which benefits the WHHPC!

09/24/2018

11/06/2017

Did you know

Many people - including me - only know Schoonmaker Creek as what looks more like a culvert running through the Washington Highlands. But it actually originates a few miles to the northwest, hidden from view. A meeting this week discusses ideas on how to prevent it flooding.

03/06/2017

The Historic Preservation Corporation has spent many years researching the possibility of replacing our 1960’s era “cobra” style street lighting with more historically appropriate lighting.
Recent LED lighting technology developments are helping bring this dream closer to reality. Today’s LED’s are capable of a much warmer color of light at reduced energy costs.
In cooperation with the City of Wauwatosa, we have researched various LED lights to compare with the current High Pressure Sodium lighting. A 90-day trial of the proposed new LED light source has been scheduled to begin on March 1, 2017. The trial LED will provide higher average foot candle performance (.50 vs. .34) with markedly improved uniformity and brightness levels across the roadway and sidewalks. Further, the overall illuminance is improved with enhanced color qualities, for both temperature (2700K) and Color Rendering Index (CRI). The CRI is the percentage of the visual lighting spectrum emitted by a light source. High Pressure Sodium is very monochromatic with a 20% CRI. Natural sun light is 100% CRI, while the trial LED has a CRI of 70%. The trial LED 2700K temperature is a “warm” color and is very close to standard incandescent lighting. It is the temperature of the LED bulbs in the entry marker lanterns throughout the Highlands.

Two lights, as shown in the photo, were installed on Washington Circle at the base of Applecroft Park on March 3. The timing will give us an opportunity to assess the lighting during winter conditions leading up to Daylight Savings Time (March 11) and during leaf bud out and into full leaf out in late spring. We encourage all of the neighbors to observe the new lighting and provide feedback on ambience, lighting quality and the potential of enhanced home values.

03/04/2017

This is the new city of Wauwatosa standard for Street lighting. This is what the city will use to replace the old Cobra style when they fail, and eventually they'll do the whole neighborhood. It's an aluminum pole and fixture. They are LED, which saves the city a significant amount on electric bills. This photo is 76th and Milwaukee next to St. Matthew's across from Lincoln Elementary. The length of Milwaukee Ave from 76th to Charles Hart Parkway has them now.

03/03/2017

The WHHPC has arranged a 90 day trial installation of the fixtures for our street lighting project at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Washington Circle. Please take a peek at them over the next few months and watch this space and your email for more details and a follow up survey!

Thanks!

02/25/2017

Great pic!

11/23/2016

Did You Know . . .

You can donate to your neighborhood using Amazon Purchases? Yes, that’s right, Amazon has established a program called Amazon Smile that is a simple and automatic way for you to support the Washington Highlands Historical Preservation Corporation, every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to the WHHPC. Our organization has been formally registered to receive donations and you can select by typing in our full name and picking it from the list provided online at Smile.Amazon.com..

The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. The purchase price is the amount paid for the item minus any rebates and excluding shipping & handling, gift-wrapping fees, taxes, or service charges. Donations are made by the AmazonSmile Foundation and are not tax deductible by us.

Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same. On your first visit to AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), you need to select the Washington Highlands Historical Preservation Corporation to receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. They will remember your selection, and then every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation to the WHHPC.

smile.amazon.com

10/07/2016

Help us preserve, maintain, and educate the public about our wonderful neighborhood when you shop on Amazon!

When you shop at smile.amazon.com, Amazon donates to the charity of your choice.