Shimer College
N 42° 05.476 W 089° 58.626
16T E 253784 N 4664199
The story of a small town college.
Waymark Code: WM9CKJ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2010
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Mount Carroll Seminary was founded as a coeducational institution in 1853 by Frances Ann Wood (later Mrs. Shimer). After the Civil War, enrollment was limited to women. Rechartered in 1896 as the Frances Shimer Academy of the University of Chicago, the school pioneered a junior college program. It became coeducation again in 1950 and adopted a four-year program in liberal education in 1958. In that year the Chicago affiliation was dissolved and the present name became official.
County: Carroll
Historical Society: Mount Carroll Community Club, Carroll County Historical Society, and the Illinois State Historical Society
Dedication Date: 1968
Location: Shimer campus, Mount Carroll
Website: [Web Link]
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