From: "Askin, Tim" <Tim.Askin@milwaukee.gov> Subject: RE: Historic Paint colors for commercial buildings Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 21:08:20 +0000 Message-ID: <DM5PR0901MB242425883A7BE190956595A3EA0F0@DM5PR0901MB2424.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
Historic New England has a marvelous and well-researched color palette that they sell quite cheaply. I bought one for Milwaukee and they have a preview online. As a historical society, they might send you one for free if you ask nicely.
Preview: https://www.historicnewengland.org/preservation/for-homeowners-communities/your-old-or-historic-home/historic-colors-of-america/
Purchase: http://shop.historicnewengland.org/000558-355/
The paint company they use for the paint chips does not have broad distribution in Wisconsin, but you can take the paint chips to match anywhere.
Tim Askin, Senior Planner
Historic Preservation Commission
City of Milwaukee
414-286-5712
Tim.Askin@Milwaukee.gov<mailto:Tim.Askin@Milwaukee.gov>
From: localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu [mailto:localhistory-request@listserve.uwec.edu] On Behalf Of Katie Kirby
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 6:36 PM
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Subject: Historic Paint colors for commercial buildings
We've got a small building we are turning into a country/general store exhibit and facing some challenges when deciding on paint colors. We would like to represent what general stores looked and felt like in the Northwoods at the turn of the century.
If I'm assuming correctly, most rural commercial buildings were white (white lead, whitewash?), but what about trim or accents? In this photo you can see the trim is a different color but as it is a black and white photo, it's hard to tell what it would have been.
Does anyone have experience with this and could tell us what the most common paint colors for commercial general stores in a logging town were? My internet research has not been very fruitful at all. Thank you!
Three Lakes Historical Museum
PO Box 250
Three Lakes, WI 54562
715-546-2295 (summer)
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