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| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a First Congregational Church. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The roof has a central bell tower and a smaller, secondary tower to the right. |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the chapel at Ripon College. The bottom half of the structure is made of brick and has tall, stained-glass windows. Above this is a... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View looking uphill toward the back of Ingraham Hall at Ripon College. The primary material used is brick, and the foundation and basement are stone. The b... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the Wright, Evans, and Shaler Halls at Ripon College. The building is made out of stone, and a porch with columns protects each doo... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A pathway leads to Merriman Hall at Ripon College. The columned porch shelters a double door entrance and supports a second floor balcony. The middle thir... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Smith Hall at Ripon College features a three-story porch, supported by columns and which shelters the entrance. Brackets add decoration to the roof. Vines ... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A view of campus green space at Ripon College. A commemorative stone marker in the foreground has text that reads: "Rendezvous 1st Wis. Cav. Aug. 15 to Nov... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | A plaque on the exterior of the building declares the birthplace of the Republican Party. |
| Spiritualist, Social Reformer and Politician |
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| Biography of spiritualist, social reformer and politician Warren Chase. |
| Wisconsin Civil War Officer |
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| Read about this ardent abolitionist who rose from company captain to brigadier general. |
| Temperance, Abolition and Utopian Communities |
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| Discovery how early Americans founded the abolition and temperance movements to help increase morality |
| A New Vision for the United States |
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| Discover how a few key political issues in the 1850s gave birth to the Republican Party |
| Community: | Ripon |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
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| Reference Number: | 130623 |
| Community: | Ripon |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| Historic Name: | Woodruff, Jacob, House |
| Reference Number: | 16164 |
| Community: | Ripon |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| Historic Name: | Little White Schoolhouse |
| Reference Number: | 27174 |
| Community: | Ripon |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| Historic Name: | Hotel LeRoy |
| Reference Number: | 28924 |
| Community: | Ripon |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| Historic Name: | EAST HALL |
| Reference Number: | 43580 |
| Community: | Ripon |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| Historic Name: | MIDDLE HALL |
| Reference Number: | 43584 |
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