🎓 Shurtleff College

Shurtleff College was a Baptist liberal arts college in Alton, Illinois. It was founded in 1827 as the Rock Spring Seminary in St. Clair County, Illinois. It was the first college in Illinois. It moved to Alton in 1832, becoming the Alton Seminary and, later, Alton College. It became Shurtleff College in 1836 to honor a major donor. Its peak enrollment was 700 students in 1950. In 1957, it became a campus of the Southern Illinois University system.