Recommended approvalRezone

DP Wigley Building local landmark and historic overlay

Description

Rezone from B4 to B4 with a Historic Properties District Overlay and designate the 1872 cream-brick building as a local landmark. The commission recommended adoption of ZOrd.0004-26.

Impact summary

The building gains the city's strongest protection against unsympathetic changes, with design review required for any exterior alterations.

Applicant

Name: Matthew Sadowski, representing Mark and Christine Flynn
Address: 234 Wisconsin Avenue

At a glance

Hearings: 1
Public comments: 5
Total mentions: 1

Last vote · Planning Heritage and Design Commission

Recommended approval

A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.

Last discussed Aug 17, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Aug 17, 2026Recommended approval

Planning Heritage and Design Commission — August 17, 2026

Rezone from B4 to B4 with a Historic Properties District Overlay and designate the 1872 cream-brick building as a local landmark. The commission recommended adoption of ZOrd.0004-26.

Related issues (1)

Local landmark designation for the DP Wigley building

Racine could gain its eighth local landmark: the 1872 cream-brick DP Wigley building at 234 Wisconsin Avenue. Local designation means any current or future owner must bring exterior changes before the city for design review — the strongest local protection available.

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