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Photograph of Cadillac Public Library
Photograph by Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Cadillac Public Library

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

From the record

“The Cadillac Carnegie Public Library, now the Wexford County Historical Society Museum, was constructed as a Carnegie Library located at 127 Beech Street in Cadillac, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1980 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.”

Wikipedia article Cadillac Public Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Wexford County · listed in 2007 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 127 Beech St., Cadillac, 49601
  • When was it listed? September 2007
  • Category. building
  • City. Cadillac city
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 07001020 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Cadillac Public Library between 1992 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 2003Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 August 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2018Arson/incendiarism79 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 04 - BOND MILL POND
27 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWEXFORD 07 - BIG PINE FIRE
23 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCADILLAC DPS 0001617 - 2018
20 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHARING TOWNSHIP FD 72 - 2020
7 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCADILLAC DPS 0001278 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Wexford County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cadillac Public Library: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilcox Brothers Clay PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Dunbar Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcfall Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wexford Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wexford County

Storms near this property

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadillac, the town this property stands in, in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCadillac$35,000Numerous trees and power lines downed. Several vehicles, and the roof of a residence, were heavily damaged by falling trees.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindCadillac$35,000Several trees and large limbs were knocked down in Cadillac. One mobile home in Country Acres was destroyed by a falling tree.
May 2004Flash FloodCadillac$20,000Water was over a foot deep on Mitchell Street in Cadillac.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCadillac$11,000Numerous trees and large limbs were downed in Cadillac. Some power outages resulted.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCadillac$7,500Central dispatch reports trees and powerlines down across Wexford county. Time estimated by radar.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindCadillac$7,000Trees and power lines downed. Several road signs blown over along US-131.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCadillac$5,000Multiple trees down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCadillac$5,000Trees down over roadway.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCadillac$5,000Multiple trees were downed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCadillac$4,500A boat on Lake Cadillac was flipped over. Power lines were downed in the city of Cadillac, and a large tree was toppled onto power lines.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCadillac$4,000Trees were downed on Wright and Lake Streets in Cadillac.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindCadillac$2,000Trees down in Cadillac. Time estimated by radar.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCadillac$2,000Several large trees and some power lines were reported blown down by the wind in and around the Cadillac area.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Strong thunderstorm winds downed a portion of a tree onto a house in Cadillac.
February 2024HailCadillac-Accumulating pea-size hail in the area, with hail up to nickel-sized.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Power pole snapped in half.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Trees and power lines down.
May 2000Flash FloodCadillac-Up to six inches of water covered some city streets.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Trees down .
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Billboard and power lines blown over
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Power lines down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Several trees and power lines down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCadillac-Strong thunderstorm winds blew down many large tree limbs. Some of the tree limbs were up to 10 inches in diameter.
September 2021HailCadillac-no account filed
September 2021HailCadillac-no account filed
April 2020HailCadillac-no account filed
April 2020HailCadillac-no account filed
July 2010HailCadillac-no account filed
June 2008HailCadillac-no account filed
October 2007HailCadillac-no account filed
July 2006HailCadillac-no account filed
June 2006HailCadillac-no account filed
October 2006HailCadillac-no account filed
June 2003HailCadillac-no account filed
June 2003HailCadillac-no account filed
May 2000HailCadillac-no account filed
August 1998HailCadillac-no account filed
August 1998HailCadillac-no account filed
June 1996HailCadillac-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindCadillac-no account filed
August 1993HailCadillac-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wexford County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Charles T. Mitchell Houseunder 500 feet1986
Masonic Temple Buildingunder 500 feet1994
Old Cadillac City Hallunder 500 feet1986
Elks Temple Building0.2 miles1988
Cobbs and Mitchell Building0.3 miles2010
Frank J. Cobbs House0.3 miles1988

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001020 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wexford CountyAll 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.