Jacob Woodruff House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Jacob Woodruff House
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location= 610 Liberty Street Ripon, Wisconsin
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 50
lat_seconds = 52
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88
long_minutes = 50
long_seconds = 49
long_direction = W
locmapin = Wisconsin
area =
built =1850
architect=
architecture= Octagon Mode
added = December 30, 1974
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000090cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Jacob Woodruff House is a two-story octagonal house constructed of concrete walls, featuring a large, windowed cupola, and metal roof. [cite web| last = Travis| first = Dale| title = Wisconsin Round Barns List| date = March 10, 2008| url = http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbwi.htm| accessdate = ] It is located in Ripon in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, and is a Registered Historic Place. 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. [cite book| last = Pedrick| first = S. M.| title = Proceedings of the state Historical Society of Wisconsin at its 50th Annual Meeting| publisher = Historical Society of Wisconsin| date = December 11, 1902| pages = 190-226| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=LnI7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=%22Jacob+Woodruff%22+Wisconsin&source=web&ots=A-cFSkHOKt&sig=328qJnNYTxtf8dnRL51_XmUxQy8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA228,M1]

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