About Us

The Campbell Center is located in Mount Carroll, Illinois. The 14 acre park-like campus was purchased in 1979, when Shimer College, which had occupied the location since 1854, relocated to Waukegan, Illinois. A fire destroyed the original campus buildings in 1906. The architectural firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, of Boston, designed 12 of the current Georgian Revival buildings in the early 20th century. This firm also designed Stanford University and the main building of the Art Institute of Chicago. The two more modern dormitories that make up the campus were built in the late 1950’s and feature original Eames designed furniture.