Schlaefer Optometrists

Specialties

Our mission at Schlaefer Optometrists is to provide the best eye care to our patients and their families. We provide a lifetime of care from infancy through adulthood. As the eye is the window to the soul, we strive to understand individuals, their eye care needs, and their overall health. We promise to know our patients, to treat them like family, and to make them look and feel great knowing they are receiving the best eye care and eye wear. Dr. Schlaefer also provides emergency eye care, including removal of ocular foreign bodies, treatment of eye diseases, allergies, infections, and glaucoma.

History

Established in 1916.

Located on Main St. in Campbellsport, Schlaefer Optometrists has been a cornerstone of the community for 100 years. It started as a jewelry store, and clock repair, owned and operated by Matthias Schlaefer in 1906. Because jewelers used small instruments, and made minute repairs, they also repaired eye wear. It was very common to have a jewelry store combined with an optometrists office.

Matthias graduated from Illinois College of Optometry in 1916, followed by his son Anthony in 1955, and granddaughter Ann in 1992. The Schlaefers have maintained a family atmosphere, and the community has enjoyed the benefits of their legacy.

The beautiful brick building standing today has undergone several changes. The original structure, built in 1906, was rebuilt in 1940 by the DelPonte family. An addition, added on in 1975, doubled the size of the office. A remodel was conducted in 2008. Many of the original tools and the original work bench still can be seen today.