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 Expansion Project 2023
FLL Expansion Project Overview 2023
FLL Expansion Facility Floor Plan
NOTICE OF VACANCIES
Katie Flowers Endowment
Board of Directors
Are you passionate about libraries and your community? Please consider serving on the Katie Flowers Endowment Board of Directors.
The role of Director is vital to the success of the library and its plans to expand. In particular, we are looking for persons with skills related to fundraising, grant writing, event planning and support, marketing, and/or database management or experience using similar competencies.
The term of service will commence in April 2023 upon appointment by the Forest Lodge Library Board of Trustees and expire one year from the start date. The individual serving will be eligible to serve additional one-year terms and may be eligible for Library Trustee vacancies.
Katie Flowers Endowment is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization for the Forest Lodge Library, a joint library of the Towns of Cable and Namakagon. Its purpose is to provide financial support to the library.
Interested persons are asked to forward a letter of interest to:
The Forest Lodge Library
Attn: Kristine Lendved/Director
PO Box 176
Cable, WI 54821