Chicago and North-Western Land Office explained

Chicago and North-Western Land Office
Location:4556 N. Branch St., Waubeno, Wisconsin
Coordinates:45.4392°N -88.6608°W
Built:1895
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:December 23, 1993
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:93001446

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.[1] The library is now the only log library in the state.[2] On December 23, 1993, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wabeno. Forest County, Wisconsin. December 30, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120927092439/http://www.forestcountywi.com/fall/fallwabeno.htm. September 27, 2012.
  2. Book: Menn, Esther. Wisconsin Footsteps. 1989. 263.