The C. S. Lewis Foundation reports:

SPECIAL NEWS!! We are about to take a major step forward towards the long-awaited goal of establishing C.S. Lewis College. A news conference was held on December 16, 2009 in Northfield, Massachusetts, announcing the purchase of a campus for the use of C.S. Lewis College.

For details on this rather extraordinary event, including the press release, announcement videos, and photos of the campus, visit http://www.cslewiscollege.org.

According to the school’s homepage, which includes a 3-minute video announcing the opening of C. S. Lewis College,

The C.S. Lewis Foundation has long envisioned establishing C.S. Lewis College in the U.S. as a fully accredited Christian institution of Great Books and Visual and Performing Arts. That vision is now about to become a reality as plans move forward to launch C.S. Lewis College on the beautiful campus in Northfield, Massachusetts, recently acquired for this purpose from Northfield Mount Hermon School. This property has been purchased for the use of C.S. Lewis College by Hobby Lobby, a privately held retail chain of arts and crafts stores based in Oklahoma City, OK.

Subject to securing all appropriate approvals, C.S. Lewis College currently plans to commence instruction in Fall 2012.

The future site of C. S. Lewis College was originally the Northfield Seminary for Young Women, founded in 1879 by Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), an American Christian evangelist. He founded the Mount Hermon School for Boys two years later. Both campuses merged into the Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1971. In 2005, the Northfield campus closed. It includes the birthplace and burial site of D. L. Moody, which you can see in this Youtube video.

I have visited both the Northfield Mount Hermon School and the future home of C. S. Lewis College. They’re beautiful campuses! Click here for a photo gallery of the college’s future site.