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Ripon College WI184

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, four women, in 1867. Although private and nonsectarian, it was given support by the Winnebago convention of Presbyterian and Congregational churches until 1868. A regiment of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry was mobilized here during the Civil War. The three original College buildings are still in use.

Erected 1972

Ripon College campus, Ripon. Fon du Lac County.


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