In the 1840′s and 1850′s was a building time for two Episcopal institutions in Wisconsin: Nashotah House, Theological Seminary (1842) and Racine College (1852).
And I got to stop by both on the summer tour!
Nashotah House was founded in 1842, before Wisconsin was a state! It is in the wilderness, but only 45 minutes outside of Milwaukee and is one of our 11 current Episcopal Seminaries.
Bell Tower - 1884
Along with being a historic seminary, it is also very modern with Distance Education Programs (a hybrid of some residential time on campus & distance learning) and they are building retreat meeting space connected to the Dining Hall (Refectory)!
Being their on campus, which has lake access, felt very much to me, like camp. I can see why many of my friends went there from Camp Crucis. 
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Now south to Racine, Wisconsin on coast of Lake Michigan and on to Racine College. It was an Episcopal College from 1852 to 1887 for upperclassmen, and into the 1930′s for youth. And when I say college, that is not like our universities today, more like boarding school, and that had younger students.
It was similar level of education to Ivy league schools of the east, with the motto Vigeat Radix “May the Root Thrive”.
And it has to be said, very buildings were very Harry Potter-esque [which is based on England architecture]. There they had two houses you were put in once you arrived – Badger or Clarkson.
So why am I mentioning this place that closed down? Cause after it closed, it changed to a Sister of Mary Convent, and in 1985 it came back to the Episcopal Church as The DeKoven Center!
The DeKoven Center, named after Father DeKoven, main dean at the college, is a mostly adult-used retreat center and with an inside heated pool, a gym and meeting spaces, that sees a lot of community use. Also have many weddings on a green campus with seven well maintained gardens.
