Then and Now: What's was once the Cadillac (Michigan) Public Library is now the Wexford County Historical Society Museum

 

On March 20, 1903, the city of Cadillac, Michigan, received a grant of $15,000 to build a public library at 127 Beech Street.  The library was completed three years later at a total cost of $30,000.

Postcard from Retiring Guy's collection

After library operations moved into a larger facility in 1969, the building was taken over by the city's police department until 1977.  A proposal from the Wexford County Historical Society to repurpose the building as a museum saved it from demolition.

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