FORM 10-K/A
                        Amendment No. 2

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549
     (Mark One)
       [X]   For the Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 1995

       [ ]   For the Transition Period From ____ To ____
                                     
                  Commission File No. 0-22468
                                     
                     WICKES LUMBER COMPANY
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Delaware                                36-3554758
(State of Incorporation)      (IRS Employer Identification No.)

       706 Deerpath Drive, Vernon Hills, Illinois  60061
            (Address of principal executive offices)

                         (847) 367-3400
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

       Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
                                     
                               None

  Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:

           Common Stock, par value of $.01 per share

      Indicate  by  check mark whether the registrant  (1)  has  filed  all
reports  required  to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d)  of  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)  has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    
      Yes   [X]      No  [ ]

      Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
item  405  of  Regulation  S-K is not contained herein,  and  will  not  be
contained,  to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive  proxy  or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of  this  form
10-K or any amendment to this form 10-K.  [ ]

     As of February 29, 1996, the Registrant had 5,647,134 shares of Common
Stock,  par  value $.01 per share, and 499,768 shares of Class B Non-Voting
Common  Stock,  par  value $.01 per share, outstanding, and  the  aggregate
market  value of outstanding voting stock (based on the last sale price  on
the  NASDAQ National Market System) held by nonaffiliates was approximately
$16,200,000 (includes the market value of all such stock other than  shares
beneficially owned by 10% stockholders, executive officers and directors).

                    DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

    Portions  of  the Registrant's Proxy Statement in connection  with  its
Annual Meeting of Shareholders tentatively scheduled to be held on May  20,
1996,  are  incorporated  by  reference  into  Part  III  hereof,  as  more
specifically described herein.
                           
                           
                           Explanatory Note
                           ----------------

        This Amendment No. 2 is being filed soley for the purpose of adding 
the signature and date, which were inadvertently omitted from Amendment 
No. 1.

                                       
                              SIGNATURES

    Pursuant  to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant  has duly caused this Amendment No.  2
to  Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.

                              WICKES LUMBER COMPANY


  Date:  October 23, 1996       By: /S/ George A. Bajalia
                                    ----------------------
                                George A. Bajalia
                                Senior Vice President and Chief Financial 
                                Officer
                               (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)