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610 LIBERTY ST

Historic Name:
Woodruff, Jacob, House

Other Name:

Reference Number:
16164

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Property Location

Location (Address)

610 LIBERTY ST

County

Fond du Lac

City/Village

Ripon

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1850

Additions

1890, 1870

Survey Date

1994

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Octagon

Structural System

Wall Material

Grout

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. See also the "Grout Houses of Ripon" site file. D IN THE PHOTO CODES IS SHORT FOR DEAN. WOODRUFF WAS A MEMBER OF THE CERESCO PHALANX, A CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNAL SETTLEMENT IN RIPON. SERVED ON COMMITTEE FOUNDING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. CARRIAGE HOUSE ALSO ON PROPERTY. Frame ell was built in 1870. Among those who built grout homes was FD2.1 Jacob Woodruff, a former Ceresco Settlement member. He constructed his small two-story Octagon house (610 Liberty St.) after 1850 on land that had belonged to the phalanx. Octagonal design had been popularized by social philosopher and phrenologist Orson Fowler, who was also a proponent of grout. The one-story front porch was added in 1900, and the original widow’s walk above the low-pitched hipped roof is gone. Woodruff, a blacksmith and blackberry farmer, was an abolitionist who helped found Wisconsin’s Republican Party in 1854, two years before the rise of the national party. Cupola was added in the mid 1990's, based on the original which appeared in an engraving of the house from 1867 (J. Steinbring, personal communication, 2008).

Bibliographic References

OCTAGON HOUSES IN WISCONSIN, P. 3. OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN 2/25/1995. RIPON COMMONWEALTH PRESS 5/30/1996. Ripon Commonwealth Press 7/10/1997. Oshkosh Northwestern 1/5/1998. Ripon Commonwealth Press 1/8/1998. Ripon Commonwealth Press 9/16/1999. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Woodruff, Jacob, House

National Register Listing Date

Dec 30, 1974

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Octagon

Fond du Lac
County

Ripon
Community

1850-1859
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI16164

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