The Mount Carroll Historic District is a designated historic district in the Carroll County, Illinois town of Mount Carroll, which is the county seat. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and is one of a total of six sites in the county included on the Register.

The district was added to the NRHP in 1980. One building within the district, the Carroll County Courthouse, had already been added to the NRHP in 1973.

The District is divided into three major sections: the traditional downtown of Mount Carroll, including the courthouse, library and business district; a residential area to the south of the downtown; and further south, the historic original campus of Chicago's Shimer College, now occupied by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies. The great majority of the buildings in the first two sections date from before 1900. Due to a fire that destroyed the original Mount Carroll Seminary campus in 1906, all of the Shimer campus buildings are from the 20th century, but most date from before 1930.

NRHP-listed structures that are located within Mount Carroll but not included in the district are the Caroline Mark House and Nathaniel Halderman House.

Buildings and structures

The District's boundaries include a total of 272 buildings and structures, of which 81 have been assessed to have particular architectural and historic significance.

Listing number Name Street address Year built Architect Notes1Commercial block207-209 W. MarketUnknown2Commercial block408 N. CarrollUnknown3A.N. Lichty Building106 W. Market18654Samuel J. Campbell Building108-112 W. Market18655Galena Street BridgeUnknownWrought Iron Bridge Company.6Carroll County CourthouseMarket & Main1858William B. Olmsted & Peter A. Nicholson7Glenview HotelMarket & Clay18868Robert M.A. Hawk Residence115 N. Clayapprox. 1867Hawk was the only sitting US representative to ever reside in Carroll County.9Uriah Green Residence105 N. Clay187310S.J. Campbell Sr. Residence II202 N. Main187511B.H. and James S. Hallett Residence209/211 S. Main185612Nelson Rinedollar Residence306 S. Main187713Hiram Colehour Residence316 S. Main186014John M. Stowell Residence413 S. Main186015John G. Blake Residence210 E. Broadway186116Owen P. Miles Residence II107 W. Broadway187317S.J. Campbell II Residence111 W. Broadway1925Carroll A. Klein18Philander Seymour Residence512 S. College185619Former campus of Shimer College (14 buildings)from Seminary St. south between Clay & Jackson1903-1958Various20Judge James Shaw Residence415 S. Clay1889Joseph Lyman SilsbeeJames Shaw was a prominent local politician, serving three terms in the Illinois General Assembly including one as Speaker of the House21Jesse M. Shirk304 E. Broadway186722Ansel Bailey Residence402 S. Clay187323David Emmert HouseClay & State1842David Emmert was co-founder and earliest settler of Mount Carroll24Commercial block101 W. MarketUnknown25Commercial block105 W. MarketUnknown26Commercial block113 W. MarketUnknown27Commercial block318 N. MainUnknown28Commercial block100-102 W. MarketUnknown29Commercial block308 N. MainUnknown30George A. Stanton Building310 N. Main189631Commercial block314-316 N. MainUnknown thumb32Carnegie LibraryMain & Rapp190733Frank W. Nohe block115 W. MarketUnknown34J.H. Bushy Plats207-217 E. Market190135Commercial block114 W. MarketUnknown36Charles Philips Block116-118 W. Market187137William Miller block120 W. Market1871William T. Miller was a representative in the Illinois legislature38SS. John and Catherine Church714 S. JacksonUnknown39Edwin McAffee Residence504 S. College186140B.L. Shirk Residence516 S. College186241A.B. Adams Residence505 S. College189442Residence611 S. ClayUnknown43Nathaniel H. Melendy Residence401 S. Main187144Harvey B. Woods Residence504 S. Lester190245John F. Hess Residence102 W. Broadwaya. 185546George Rea ResidenceBroadway & Clay187247John W. Squires Residence501 S. West190248Oliver Swartz Residence212 E. State Rd.185849S.B. Emmons Residence314 S. Clay187050James O'Brien Residence302 S. Clay185651John H. Lafferty Residence311 S. Clay188752Hannah Colehour Residence309 S. Clay185453Joseph Ogden Residence210 S. Clay187354Residence209 S. ClayUnknown55Robert Campbell Residence208 S. Main188856Emanuel Feaser Residence211 S. Main185657John Nycum Residence105 S. Clay185858Daniel Palmer Residence107 S. Main187359David Nelson Residence101 S. Main185960John Christian Residence108 N. Main185661Nathan Jacobs Residence102 N. Main185662Community House101 N. Main186063William Halderman Residence109 N. Main185564Residence205 N. MainUnknown65S.H. Eby Residence106 N. Clay186466Dr. D.M. Greeley Residence111 N. Clay187367George Emmert Residence107 N. Clay187368S.J. Campbell Sr. Residence I204 N. Main185669Mrs. Lillie J. Kinney Residence505 S. Porterc. 190070Reuben R. Watson Residence508 S. Porter1901

Shimer College campus

The buildings of the erstwhile Shimer College campus are chiefly in the Georgian Revival style; they form a traditional college quadrangle. Two buildings that formed part of the Shimer College campus, but were built after 1960, are omitted from the Historic District: these are the Karyn Kupcinet Playhouse and the New Men's Dorm, both of which are separated from the rest of the campus by Jackson Street.

Since Shimer's departure in 1978, the campus has been occupied by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, originally known as the "Restoration College". The buildings are used for administrative, classroom, and lodging purposes, but also serve as subject matter for the study and practice of historic preservation.

Listing number Name Image Year built Architect Notes19aSawyer House1925C.A. EckstromPresident's residence19bMetcalf Hall1907C.A. EckstromMain administrative building19cDearborn Hall1903Music building19dCampbell Library1925C.A. Eckstrom19eHostetter Hall1906C.A. EckstromDormitory19fHathaway Hall1905C.A. EckstromDormitory19gInfirmary1913C.A. Eckstrom19hMcKee Hall1906C.A. EckstromDormitory; named for William Parker McKee19iBennett Hall1909C.A. EckstromDormitory19jGymnasium1928H.A. Anderson19kTolman Hall (Science Hall)1913C.A. Eckstrom19lHowe Hall1957Mittelbusher & ToutelotDormitory19mSteam Plant1911C.A. Eckstrom19nDezendorf Hall1957Mittelbusher & ToutelotDormitory

References

External links

Carroll County Historical Society