Wisconsin Historic Preservation Database (WHPD)
Welcome to the home page of the Wisconsin Historic Preservation Database (WHPD)
For nearly a century, we at the Wisconsin Historical Society have been engaged in the task of collecting and organizing information regarding historic structures, archaeological sites and burials located within the state. The Division of Historic Preservation is the official state clearinghouse and repository for records pertaining to all such properties, and is by statute responsible for administering, managing, and preserving this information.
Since the turn of the 20th Century, substantial amounts of materials and information have been collected about historic properties across the state, with over 150,000 properties now in the WHPD. In the interest of making this extensive and valuable resource more available to the public, we've been making some changes.
In 2001 we reorganized the Archaeological Sites Inventory (ASI), Architectural History Inventory (AHI), and the Bibliography of Archaeological Reports (BAR) into WHPD, a more comprehensive and user-friendly application. WHPD is a Web-based application, which allows users to search the most up-to-date versions of these database inventories. With access to WHPD, a user can:
- Search all 3 database inventories with one license
- Search and display lists of sites according to locational and/or resource characteristics
- View complete individual site records
- View dynamic maps of site locations thanks to the latest in Internet Map Server (IMS) technology.
- Since April 2003, we have provided remote access to WHPD, so that for a reasonable annual online subscription fee, you can research historic properties and archaeological sites or complete a literature search without making the trip to downtown Madison!
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