Forest Lodge Library
The Forest Lodge Library was founded in 1925 by Mary Livingston Griggs in memory of her mother, Mary Steele Livingston. Mrs. Griggs envisioned a Community House in downtown Cable, a place that would combine the functions of library and community meeting center. The building was constructed of logs cut and milled off the Griggs property on nearby Lake Namakagon.
Later named the Forest Lodge Library, the building was named to the State Register of History Places in the year 2000.
When the Cable Natural History Museum was established in 1968, the library and the museum merged and operated under a single board funded by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation. In 1992 the library established its own Board of Trustees and became a fully functioning public library.
In January of 2007, the Forest Lodge Library became a joint library of the Towns of Cable and Namakagon and proudly serves both communities.
The Forest Lodge Library is a participating library in the Northern Waters Library Service system and a member of the Northern Waters Library Network, the shared catalog of this library system. Forest Lodge Library cardholders have patron privileges at any member library. To learn more about the Forest Lodge Library and its events and services and to access the online catalog visit: https://forestlodgelibrary.org/.
To learn more about the Northern Waters Library Service and its libraries visit: https://nwls.wislib.org/.
The Forest Lodge Library is located at 13450 Cty Hwy M in downtown Cable. Contact them at (715) 798-3189 or cablelibrary@cable.wislib.org.
The library opens Monday – Saturday at 10 and closes at 5, Monday – Friday and at 2 on Saturday. Area residents, property owners and regular visitors are eligible for library cards.
For more information check us out at forestlodgelibrary.org
Forest Lodge Library Katie Flowers Endowment Board of Directors Vacancy
The Katie Flowers Endowment (KFE) is seeking applicants interested
in serving on its Board of Directors. The KFE is the fundraising organization for the Forest Lodge Library, a joint library of the Towns of Cable and Namakagon.
You will be joining KFE at an exciting time! You will be working together on a team to make the expansion of your library a reality. We are nearly two thirds of the way to our fundraising target. A final push this year to build awareness and raise funds means we can begin construction on the library expansion in 2025.
The one year term of service will commence in July 2024 upon appointment by the Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees. The individual serving will be eligible to serve a second one year term.
The role of Director is vital to the success of the library and its plans to expand. In particular, we are looking for enthusiastic individuals willing to lend a hand wherever needed to make our library expansion happen. This can include, but not limited to, assisting with event planning and/or day of volunteering, grant writing, marketing, preparing the Book House to move to its new location, and providing input on future fundraising activities.
Interested persons are asked to send an email or a letter of interest to:
The Forest Lodge Library
Attn: Amanda Westlund / Director
P O BOX 176
Cable, WI 54821
Or send to awestlund@cable.wislib.org
Forest Lodge Library Expansion Project 2023
FLL Expansion Project Overview 2023
FLL Expansion Facility Floor Plan
Forest Lodge Library Expansion Community Input Survey
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The Forest Lodge Library is seeking interested individuals that may feel they could add support and guidance toward our library expansion plan and design.
For more information, check out the link below:
https://forestlodgelibrary.org/2024/05/13/design-development-committee-search/