former Carthage College/Robert Morris campus field house
Originally uploaded by Rural Rose
I’ve posted some photos of the current state of the former Carthage College/Robert Morris campus in Carthage, IL on my Flickr page.
Carthage College was the site of the first Circle K club in the U.S., had several prominent alumni, and was home of legendary biology professor Alice Kibbe. But the college eventually was moved to Kenosha, WI, and the former campus in Carthage (my home town) fell on hard times, including being bought by a mysterious Korean absentee landlord who could not be found for most of the 90′s and 00′s.
- Read more about that weird legacy and see some photos of the destruction inside one of the buildings here.
- Find out more of Carthage College’s history here.
Please leave comments if you remember life at Carthage College or Robert Morris and have any details or memories to share.
Tags: abandoned, CarthageCollege, CarthageIL, local_history
When I ran the Strawberry Strut (June 12), we saw some folks sorting and stacking bricks from a demolished building onto pallets. It looked like construction crews had separated debris into several containers as well.