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The Forest Lodge Library is located in
Cable, Wisconsin Cable is a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 853 at the 2020 census, up from 825 at the 2010 U.S. census. The census-designated place of Cable and the unincorporated communities of Leonards and Radspur are loc ...
. It was added to the
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in 2001. Additionally, it is on the registry of historic buildings for
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.


History

The library was built in 1925. It was designed in part by Allen H. Stem of
Reed and Stem Reed and Stem (present-day WASA Studio) is an American architectural and engineering firm. The firm was founded in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1891 as a partnership between Charles A. Reed (1858–1911) and Allen H. Stem (1856–1931), the successfu ...
. In addition to be a library, to building has also served as a meeting place for the local
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church. It became a
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in 1969.


References

Library buildings completed in 1925 Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Public libraries in Wisconsin Reed and Stem buildings National Register of Historic Places in Bayfield County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub