Chicago and North-Western Land Office

United States historic place


Chicago and North-Western Land Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


45°26′21″N 88°39′39″W / 45.43917°N 88.66083°W / 45.43917; -88.66083
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

^ ^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.