About the Stoughton Landmarks  Commission
 

The Stoughton Landmarks Commission (SLC) was formed in 1980, upon creation of Stoughton’s Historic  Preservation Ordinance by the City of Stoughton.

The SLC is primarily responsible for ensuring that the provisions in Stoughton’s historic preservation ordinance are executed accordingly. This includes coordinating educational activities,  designating local historic landmarks, providing design expertise, and  performing design reviews of applications to alter locally designated historic buildings.

At the present time Stoughton has twenty-six individually designated local landmarks and no locally designated historic districts. It also has five districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places, as well as several individually listed properties on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.
For more information, go to the following links:
Stoughton's Local Landmarks
Brief Intro to Local Designation
Map of Districts
Landmark Types

Stoughton became the twelfth Certified Local Government (CLG) in Wisconsin in 1988. CLG status signifies that Stoughton has been certified by the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) as a city that is enforcing its local preservation ordinance. The status also has the benefit of making  the city eligible for CLG grant funding that is provided by the National Park Service and administered by the WHS . There are approximately thirty CLG communities in Wisconsin at the present time.

Since becoming a CLG, the SLC has completed a number of CLG grant projects,  including intensive surveys and nominations of several districts to the  State and National Registers of Historic Places, the subsequent publication  of district walking tour brochures, and the publication of two design guideline booklets. For more information, see “SLC  publications.”
For more info on the CLG program, visit  http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/clgs/

The SLC consists of nine members who are appointed by the Mayor. The commissioners are dedicated citizens, historians, architects, and other  experts selected for their interest and skills in historic preservation.  Current members include:
 

Alan Hedstrom, Chair
Dwayne Murphy, Vice Chair
Nancy Lang, Secretary
Joe DeRose
Cheryl Learn
Alderman Melissa Lampe
Kathy Lyons
Lois Pieper
Tim Schigur

The SLC normally meets monthly  on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Giles Dow Room at City Hall.
For more information about the SLC, call (608) 873-6677, or send
e-mail to Lalme@ci.stoughton.wi.us.