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Wise Preservation Planning LLC is a full-service historic preservation planning firm. We research, document, analyze and ultimately help protect historic resources and our cultural landscape. Our firm serves a variety of clients, including municipalities, engineers, architects, historical societies, and owners of historic resources. The firm was founded in 1997 by Robert J. Wise Jr., who has 20 years of experience in the historic preservation field. He is assisted by Seth Hinshaw, Senior Planner, who has been with the firm since 2001. Both planners have M.S. degrees in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and exceed the 36 CFR 61 Professional Qualification Standards established by the National Park Service for architectural historians. |
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When Robert Wise was Senior Planner, Historic Preservation, with the Brandywine
Conservancy, the Conservancy became one of the founding members of the
Brandywine Battlefield Task Force. The Task Force also consists of
representatives from local and county governments, the Pennsylvania State Historic
Preservation Office, and the National Park Service.
Founded in 1993, the Task Force meets regularly
to achieve its goals of battlefield protection, research, interpretation, education,
and stewardship. The Battle of the Brandywine (September 11, 1777) was one of
the largest and most significant battles of the Revolutionary War. Part of the
"Philadelphia Campaign" which concluded with the encampment in Valley Forge,
it opened the path for the British to occupy Philadelphia. The battle covered 10
square miles in Chester and Delaware Counties. In 1961, the Battlefield was
declared a National Historic Landmark. 
In 2001-2 Robert Wise served on a project team with JMA Associates to assess the
Munfordville Battlefield and develop an action plan for its preservation. The
Battles for Munfordville took place in 1861 and 1862 when Confederate forces sought
to take control of a strategic railroad bridge over the Green River in an effort to
disrupt Union supply lines in central Kentucky. In the 1990s, as a result of
development in and around the battlefield, and considerations for the town of
Munfordville’s economic and tourism potential, JMA and Wise were hired to develop
a plan to preserve the battlefield's most important landscapes and features while
integrating the battlefield with a proposed visitor’s center.