Initially Ripley Ville was intended as a commercial housing development but when completed Ripley Ville had many of the aspects of an "industrial model village"-but residents were not limited to H.W. Ripley's employees.
Initially Ripley Ville was intended as a commercial housing development but when completed Ripley Ville had many of the aspects of a "Model Industrial Village". Victorian model village-but residents were not limited to H.W. Ripley's employees.