Chicago and North-Western Land Office
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Chicago and North-Western Land Office | |
Location | 4556 N. Branch St., Waubeno, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 45°26′21″N 88°39′39″W / 45.43917°N 88.66083°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1895 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Public Library Facilities of Wisconsin MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 93001446[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 23, 1993 |
The Chicago and North-Western Land Office, now the Wabeno Public Library, is a historic building in Wabeno, Wisconsin, United States. The building was constructed as a land office for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway in 1897 and was one of the first buildings in Wabeno. The Town of Wabeno bought the building in 1923 and later converted it to a library.[2] The library is now the only log library in the state.[3] On December 23, 1993, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Wabeno". Forest County, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- ^ Menn, Esther (1989). Wisconsin Footsteps. p. 263.
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Categories:
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Victorian architecture in Wisconsin
- Commercial buildings completed in 1895
- Buildings and structures in Forest County, Wisconsin
- Libraries in Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places in Forest County, Wisconsin
- Land offices
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs