The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad had a depot in Ripon along the present day Northwest Trail, near Pacific Street. That building burned down on March 16, 1872 at 9:30 p.m. The fire department could have easily saved the building but the . . . — — Map (db m298462) HM
The Mapes Hotel is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Ripon. It was built in the 1850s as the Mapes House by Timothy Mapes, son of Ripon co-founder David Mapes. After surviving major fire damage in the early 1900s and threat of demolition more . . . — — Map (db m298461) HM
1905–1973 · Public Library (relocated)
1973–1996 · Pearl's House of Fashion
1996–Present · Accurate Controls
The majority of the money for the building of this library was given to the city by Andrew Carnegie. There was much . . . — — Map (db m61763) HM
The neoclassical Ripon Public Library building was funded through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation. It served as the community library until a new one was built in 1973. At that time a human chain was utilized, passing books from hand-to-hand . . . — — Map (db m298443) HM
In 1852 Alvan Earle Bovay of Ripon met with Horace Greeley in New York and advocated dissolution of the Whig Party and formation of a new party to fuse together anti-slavery elements. At the same time he suggested the name "Republican" because he . . . — — Map (db m230206) HM
In this school house on March 20, 1854 was held the first mass meeting in this country that definitely and positively cut loose from old parties, and advocated a new party under the name Republican. — — Map (db m64806) HM
A national leader of the woman suffrage movement, Carrie Chapman Catt was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1859 and spent most of her life as a tireless crusader for women’s rights. A gifted organizer, political strategist and public speaker, Catt . . . — — Map (db m4331) HM
The Long House is one of the few visible remains of the pioneer settlement of Ceresco. Founded in 1844 and named for Ceres, the Roman Goddess of Agriculture, Ceresco was the home of the Wisconsin Phalanx, an experiment in communal living according . . . — — Map (db m4330) HM
First Baptist Church of Ripon
1857
Entered on the National
Register of Historic Places by
the United States Department
of the Interior
July 21, 2006
This building and grounds were presented to the Frank H. Brown Post 43, . . . — — Map (db m82500) HM
The Grand View Hotel, considered by many to be one of the finest establishments in the Midwest, was a magnificent structure at the North end of the square where City Hall is now located. The hotel replaced the American House in 1872, a two-story . . . — — Map (db m298451) HM
This mural depicts the original Long House of the Wisconsin Phalanx, the first settlers of the Ripon area, who arrived on May 27, 1844. In a valley between two hills, these settlers founded the community of Ceresco, constructed several commonly . . . — — Map (db m298459) HM
Incorporated January 29, 1851. The first College building, East Hall, was staked out that spring by Ripon city founders David Mapes and Alvan Bovay. Chartered as Brockway College, it was renamed Ripon College in 1864 and graduated its first class, . . . — — Map (db m3596) HM
The public square starts on the north end of the Watson Street Commercial Historic District which is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places. The square has been used as a gathering place since Ripon's founding. The American . . . — — Map (db m298454) HM
Founded in 1844, and named for Ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceresco was the home of the Wisconsin Phalanx, an experiment in utopian association living, according to the rule of the French social philosopher Charles Fourier. Under the . . . — — Map (db m283420) HM
