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The only building left of Ceresco is the longhouse where meals were shared. After many remodelings it now serves as an apartment building in Ripon.
Ceresco only exists six years before disbanding as a corporation. Its success as a shared community was the root cause of its failure.
Ceresco, Wisconsin, is seen in 1865 from the top of Seward's Hill. -- Photo by Joshua H. Wycoff
The Long House, a dormitory at the time, is photographed in 1904 in Ceresco, Wisconsin. Ceresco was a Fourierite utopian community led by Warren Chase that flourished in the 1840s. The building was used as a poor house in the 1930s. -- photographer unknown
A sidewalk leads to the Ceresco School, shown sometime after 1880. The tall arched windows, doorways and round decorative brickwork lend the building a Mediterranean feeling. -- from the Albertype Company collection
Warren P. Chase sits for an ambrotype studio portrait, date unknown. He was a leader of the Wisconsin Phalanx at Ceresco, Wisconsin.
Warren Chase sits for a studio portrait in his later years, date and photographer unknown.
CERESCO, Wis. – Named for Ceres, the God of Agriculture, Ceresco in Fond du Lac County was a six-year utopian adventure that failed because of its prosperity.
LeeAnne Bulman
LeeAnne Bulman writes about agriculture from her farm overlooking the beautiful Danuser Valley on Wisconsin’s west coast. When not writing she helps her husband on their small grain and beef farm. Email genwim2@gmail.com to reach her.
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The Long House, a dormitory at the time, is photographed in 1904 in Ceresco, Wisconsin. Ceresco was a Fourierite utopian community led by Warren Chase that flourished in the 1840s. The building was used as a poor house in the 1930s. -- photographer unknown
A sidewalk leads to the Ceresco School, shown sometime after 1880. The tall arched windows, doorways and round decorative brickwork lend the building a Mediterranean feeling. -- from the Albertype Company collection
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