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The Roycroft Campus, a National Historic Landmark, is the best-preserved complex of buildings remaining in the United States of the “guilds” that evolved as centers of
craftsmanship and philosophy during the late 19th century. Founded by writer and entrepreneur Elbert Hubbard, the Roycroft is widely considered the birthplace of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. From 1895 into the 1930s, the Roycroft was one of the most successful and well-known centers of the Arts & Crafts Movement, consisting of a community of over 500 artisans and craftspeople. Today, the Roycroft Campus welcomes 250,000 visitors annually, and the mission of the Roycroft Campus Corporation (RCC) is to inspire visitors to experience the creativity, ideals, and future of the Arts & Crafts Movement through public programming and the preservation of the Campus.
The RCC currently owns three buildings on the Campus – the Print Shop (1901), Copper Shop (1902), and Power House (1910; rebuilt 2012) - and works closely with the other property owners on the Campus, all of which are private, for-profit entities. Programmatically, the RCC offers classes, lectures, tours, exhibitions of Roycroft-related artifacts, and other educational opportunities, as well as opportunities for current artists to create, exhibit, and teach.
