Banking on Preservation: Architectural Landmarks

Hillside Theater | Taliesin, Spring Green
October 23 | 9:00 - 5:00pm


Join us at Taliesin in October!

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gather at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hillside Theater for a full-day educational workshop exploring the future of Wisconsin’s historic bank buildings. The purpose of this workshop, like the other WTHP workshops, is to bring together a variety of preservation-minded people who can share knowledge and success stories with others and continue to make Wisconsin one of the best states for architectural heritage stewardship.

Local, state, and national organizations will come together to offer the very latest information on a variety of issues. All of them will be related to the struggles that owners, developers, architects, contractors, craftsmen, city officials, and others have with these important landmarks.

Workshop Registration
 
Workshop agenda

Contact info@wipreservation.org with any questions.

 

Workshop Agenda

Thursday, October 23, 20225

Here’s what to expect:

  • A showcase of student work highlighting historic banks across Wisconsin, created using innovative 3D scanning technology

  • Presentations on periods and styles in bank architecture, the role of banks in downtown revitalization, and strategies for financing historic preservation

  • A special appearance by a developer who is “banking on preservation” to revive a significant historic property

9:30 – 9:00 AM
Welcome

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Registration and Networking | Visit HPI Student Showcase

Check in at the Hillside Theater Lobby 

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9:30 – 9:45 AM

Welcome Remarks

Matt Jarosz, Director, UWM Historic Preservation Institute 

9:45 – 10:45 AM

Banking on the Future: Modernism and the Local Bank

Carol Dyson, former Deputy SHPO State of Illinois 

10:45 – 11:15 AM

Case Study: Historic Preservation of a Mid-Century Bank Building

Mike McQuillen, McQuillen Historical Consulting 

11:15 – 11:45 AM

Adaptive Reuse of Bank Buildings: Strategies and Successes 

Errin Welty, WEDC 

11:45 AM – 12 PM

Scanning and Documenting Historic Buildings at the UWM Historic Preservation Institute 

Elizabeth Hanson and Mitch Hamm, UWM HPI Students

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12 – 12:45 PM
Lunch

Lunch | Visit HPI Student Showcase

Hillside Dining Room

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12:45 – 1:15 PM

Banking on Preservation to Save the Queen of the Rosary Chapel Mid-Century Rotunda

Emily Sewell, Andrea Mendoza, and Nancy Kann, Gronen Group

1:15 – 1:45 PM

New Voices, Shared Vision: Leading Wisconsin Preservation Forward

Moderator: Dan Wilhelms, WTHP Board President
Panelists: Tricia Canaday, Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office; Elysse Newman; UW-Milwaukee School of Art & Architecture; Kathryn Berger; Interim CEO, Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation

1:45 – 2:00 PM

Update from the Capitol: State Historic Tax Credit Repair Efforts 

Michael Welsh, PW Group 

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Researching Historical Properties 

Hillside Theater

3:00 – 3:15 PM

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BREAK

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3:15 – 4:15 PM

What’s in the Vault: Preservation Lessons from Bank Building Owners

Moderator: Jen Davel, Heritage Consulting
Panelists: Noah Pearson, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Columbus; Sandy Cleary, State Bank, La Crosse (invited)

4:15 – 4:50 PM

Financing Historic Preservation

Aaron Halvorson, Studio GWA

4:50 – 5:00 PM

Wrap Up and Thank You

Matt Jarosz, UWM Historic Preservation Institute
Kathryn Berger; Interim CEO, Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation

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