Jacob Woodruff House
Appearance
Jacob Woodruff House | |
Location | 610 Liberty Street Ripon, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°50′52″N 88°50′49″W / 43.84778°N 88.84694°W |
Built | 1850 |
Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
NRHP reference No. | 74000090[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 30, 1974 |
The Jacob Woodruff House is a two-story octagonal house constructed of concrete walls, featuring a large, windowed cupola, and metal roof.[2] It is located in Ripon in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Jacob Woodruff was a member of and the librarian for the Wisconsin Phalanx in 1846, a communal society based on the philosophy of Charles Fourier, a French socialist.[3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Travis, Dale (March 10, 2008). "Wisconsin Round Barns List".
- ^ Pedrick, S. M. (December 11, 1902). Proceedings of the state Historical Society of Wisconsin at its 50th Annual Meeting. Historical Society of Wisconsin. pp. 190–226.
- ^ "Woodruff, Jacob, House". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ^ Engel, Charlene Stant (December 29, 1993). "Woodruff, Jacob, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
Categories:
- Houses in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
- Houses completed in 1850
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Octagon houses in Wisconsin
- Ripon, Wisconsin
- National Register of Historic Places in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
- Architecture related to utopias
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs