Heritage Hill State Historical Park — Attraction in Allouez

Normally, I'm quite sure I would have given this place five stars. They have a great selection of buildings, and I love historical buildings and culture. However...

In an entire morning wandering here among the (some) original, (some) restored, and some replicated old historical buildings, all the buildings were closed. Understandable amid a pandemic. We could see in windows on a few buildings. At least they had the park open. Thank You! But, on the 40 acre site, which normally (non-covid) has volunteer re-enactor interpretors, there was one map sign and a total of 6 info signs. All these were at the Ft Howard site, we're one of the original buildings, dating from the 1830s, is the oldest standing military hospital in the country. A few other buildings had plaques identifying them, but no background information. In the downstairs of the guardhouse was a one room display room about the fort too. I believe that it would probably take one employee or volunteer only a week to create, print, laminate, and post some information signs around the park. It would add so much to the education, experience, and quite possibly donations! Oh yes, there was also a sign not to disturb the chickens and one small map posted on the bathroom door to the women's restroom. However, no one saw it because the other sign on the door was easy to read from a distance and...

As a place to take the whole family and have a great day exploring the amazing history of the state of Wisconsin, Heritage Hill cant be beat!

There is something for everyone to see and do all in one park. Maybe you want to spend the day wandering around reading all the historical information you can find and listening to the historical reenactors. Possibly it's the farm animals and hands on, interactive displays that interest you most. You could also be drawn by the architecture of the old buildings and the interesting daily living arrangements of those years gone by. Well, it's all here for you to see and so much more too.

You can easily spend a day wandering the grounds and taking in the sights, sounds and smells of days long gone. It's a great way to teach kids that they really have it quite easy now-a-days and to give them a good dose of history while doing so. I have been to the park many times and learn something new each time I go, often a number of things in fact.

My favorite things are the smell of the Fur Traders cabin on a warm afternoon with its tobacco drying, the scent of warm bread, just out of the oven, cooling as you walk through one of the kitchens and the realization I don't have to chop wood enough to keep my house...

We had our wedding ceremony at Heritage Hill and it far exceeded my husband and I's expectation! From the initial tour to the day of, Dianna and Kaitlyn were so amazing! They were there for us with anything we needed the day of the ceremony. Even at rehearsal they were super great with keeping everyone on time and helping us line up our bridal party. I really appreciated their help with sending people down the aisle the day of the wedding too, it made things super seamless! I would definitely recommend renting the tram if you have a large bridal party to get around the park! It made taking pictures a breeze by getting to ride around on that! Also the groom's suite was so nice to have the day of to get dressed in and store our belongings in while we were taking pictures! The Garden Patio area is where we had our ceremony and it was so perfect! The views and background from that area are picture perfect. I would recommend using Heritage Hill for your wedding 10 times over! Thank you to their team for making our special...