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Maple Bluff Boy Scout Cabin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	296 Woodland Cir., Maple Bluff, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°06′39″N 89°21′54″W / 43.11083°N 89.36500°W / 43.11083; -89.36500 (Maple Bluff Boy Scout Cabin)
Built	1943 (1943)
Architectural style	Rustic
NRHP reference No.	100001783
Added to NRHP	November 6, 2017

The Maple Bluff Boy Scout Cabin is a log cabin in Fireman's Park in Maple Bluff, Wisconsin. Maple Bluff's Troop 5 of the Boy Scouts of America built the cabin in 1943. At the time, Boy Scout troops often built their own cabins and were encouraged to do so by the BSA, which included instructions on building a cabin in the Boy Scout Handbook, offered a merit badge for building a cabin, and featured completed cabins in its magazine Boys' Life. The cabin cost an estimated $780.24, with labor provided by the Boy Scouts and their fathers; the village of Maple Bluff leased the land to the troop for ten years for a nominal $1 fee, which was extended to twenty years once the building was complete. The cabin has been used by Troop 5 for meetings and activities since its completion.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 2017.

References

1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2017" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 203. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
2. Lacey, Patricia (May 21, 2016). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Maple Bluff Boy Scout Cabin". National Park Service. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

• National Register of Historic Places in Dane County, Wisconsin
• Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
• Boy Scouts of America