Mount Horeb Launches Village-Wide Historic Resource Survey with March 12 Public Meeting
Citizen Input is Requested! 

The public is invited to an information session for the 2026 Village of Mount Horeb Intensive Survey of Historic Resources. This meeting will be held on Thursday, March 12 at 6:00 p.m. in the Board Room of the Municipal Building (2nd floor, 138 E Main St).

This community-wide Intensive Survey will seek to identify and document properties that exhibit architectural, historical or archaeological value. This project will update and expand a similar downtown-focused 1997 report, by reviewing all 3,111 parcels within the municipal boundaries—excluding the six individual buildings and the Main Street Historic District that are already listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.

This project is being overseen by the Village of Mount Horeb Historic Preservation Commission (HPC). At the March 12 meeting, attendees will meet HPC members, hear how historic surveys aid preservation initiatives and can support economic development, and be given an overview of the Intensive Survey’s objectives and methods from John Hyche and his team from Urbana Preservation and Planning. Urbana, with an office based in Chicago, is the selected contractor for this project. A question-and-answer session will follow.

After the presentation, public input will be gathered regarding Village properties and sites that exhibit potential as cultural assets. Does your property tell a unique Mount Horeb story—or is it part of a larger pattern of residential or business development? We want to hear about it!

The 2026 Village of Mount Horeb Intensive Survey of Historic Resources has been financed in part by federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior via a Certified Local Government subgrant administered by the State Historic Preservation Office of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Additional financial support has been provided by the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society.

For more information about this project, call HPC Citizen Member Destinee Udelhoven at 605-840-0037 or email HPC Chairperson at [email protected]. 

Help us spread the word!
Download the flyer HERE, and share with your Mount Horeb friends, family and neighbors!