Shiloh College Foundation

09/26/2025

09/26/2025

Th Shiloh College will be open tomorrow Saturday September 27, 2025 from 9 am to 11 am to the public for those would like to see the college.

03/04/2024

Shiloh Hill College Foundation
50/50 drawing
Steeleville Eagles
March 13, 7:00 pm

Ticket sales start March 6

01/18/2024

Shiloh College meeting tomorrow night at 6pm. Will have election of officers tomorrow evening

10/29/2023

09/20/2023

If anyone has any old pictures of the college and past events please let me know. We would love to share those with the community

09/20/2023

Earl & Joan Kliedon visit the college during the open house in August

08/22/2023

In 2004 the Shiloh College Foundation was founded to support restoration of the college building.

The Shiloh College Foundation met August 15, 2023. (Linda Rickenberg, President; Martha Rickenberg
Vice President; Nancy Rickenberg, Treasurer; Anna Gross, Secretary; Tammy Ernsting, and Charlotte
Bollman).

They welcomed new members Darrel Ehlers, Natalie Hamilton, Shellie Astin, Melissa Bockhorn
and Derek Rickenberg.

08/22/2023

Preparations for the Shiloh College began in 1836. In 1839, area residents purchased 80 for the school and the State of Illinois legislature officially incorporated the college. By 1896 the college was having financial difficulties and the building then was leased to the Shiloh Hill School District and served us a public school until 1954 and then was consolidated with Trico School District.

08/22/2023

The Shiloh College was added to the National Register of Historical Places on November 15, 2005. The
property is located on what once was the home of the Shiloh Academy. It was where General John A.
Logan and his brother attended school. At that time, the only structure was a log building. The current
structure of Greek Revival architectural style was built around 1881.
According to family members of Norman Rickenberg, the railroad bought property on the east side of his
farm and from other others to put in a railway. Shiloh College was built as the first college in Illinois.
However, they (the railroad) changed their route to go through what is now Carbondale. This is where
we now see the Southern Illinois University.
It is important to preserve these wonderful buildings when possible.