The Waupun Carnegie Library building is in

Waupun, Wisconsin Waupun is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, Dodge and Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 11,344 at the 2020 census. Of this, 7,795 were in Dodge County, and 3,549 were in Fond du ...

and currently serves as the Waupun Heritage Museum.

History

A Carnegie library, the building began construction October 11, 1904 and was completed a year later on October 22, 1905. It served in its original function as the library until 1968 when a new library was completed. It was leased to the Waupun Historical Society in 1971. The building was listed on the

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in 1979 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.

References

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